It is great that £60M is being ploughed into our town centres. I would like to ask if any steps are being taken to ensure this money will be used to enhance the historic environment and local identity of these places, rather than the usual ubiquitous Chinese/Finnish/Caithness paving with ‘continental’ style seating, all of which is alien to our towns and ultimately ends-up looking dated within a decade or so?
Are we yet again to see public money being wasted on imported materials which do nothing to promote local jobs, skills and economy through sourcing of local materials?
Perhaps a starting point (before any money is spent) should be to establish for each of these town centres what is unique/valuable/important about each of them, and try to ensure that the proposed schemes respect and enhance this?
Are we yet again to see public money being wasted on imported materials which do nothing to promote local jobs, skills and economy through sourcing of local materials?
Perhaps a starting point (before any money is spent) should be to establish for each of these town centres what is unique/valuable/important about each of them, and try to ensure that the proposed schemes respect and enhance this?
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