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Friday, 2 March 2018

Knowle relocation project: and other vanity projects

The District Council's 'relocation project' has been called a 'vanity project' more than once:
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: "Rather than expensive vanity projects, they should stay in their old home in Sidmouth (even expensive to heat) and concentrate on spending our money more wisely."
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: 'fiddling while Rome burns'

This is very much part of the larger context of planning as preening:
Futures Forum: Of vanity projects and local government
Futures Forum: "Vanity projects, speculation and unwise development" >>> "Bankruptcy risk as ‘desperate’ councils play the property market"

If we compare this particular project with another: 


Boris tried to push Garden Bridge over line on last day in office

A letter released to the AJ under FOI has revealed that former London mayor Boris Johnson made a desperate bid to solve one of the project’s most intractable problems on his last day in office
Boris tried to push Garden Bridge over line on last day in office | News | Architects Journal

And the wider media is taking it up:
Boris Johnson blames Garden Bridge project blunders on successor - BBC News
Boris blusters his way around his £40m garden bridge fiasco | John Crace | Politics | The Guardian
Boris Johnson facing grilling over £37m spent on failed Thames Garden Bridge project | The Independent



Boris Johnson's garden bridge scheme scrapped | Daily Mail Online

As the London oversight committee looks a little deeper:




GLA Oversight Committee - Boris Johnson - the Garden Bridge - YouTube
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