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Row over Darwen pothole repairs schedule

8:38am Monday 19th October 2009 in Darwen

THE deputy leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council has come under criticism for claiming to have brought roadworks forward by over a year.

Coun Tony Melia said that because of his constant nagging at Capita, pothole repairs scheduled for the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011 in Inverness Road, Manor Road and Borough Road would be completed by the end of this month.

But town councillor Dave Smith said he had a recent conversation with an officer at Capita and was told that surface dressing of Manor Road had actually been delayed, not brought forward.

Coun Smith said: “You would have thought that the deputy leader of the council would know these details.”

Coun Dave Hollings also confirmed that the work was originally in the 2009 schedule and accused Coun Melia of “spinning”.

Conservative councillor John Slater said he was “flabbergasted” by Coun Melia’s claims.

He said: “Ward councillors work hard to get improvements and to get work done.

“For Tony Melia to claim credit for this is a scandal.

“If a UFO landed in Darwen, the For Darwen Party would try to claim credit for it.”

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Comments(12)

CapitaBackHander says...
10:42am Mon 19 Oct 09

What is the problem? no one surely believes a word he or his party say! Well apart from the morons (sorry but you are!) who voted for a town council. Excused re the hype when they started as local mp's but come on.........

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Ian the Beancounter says...
12:18pm Mon 19 Oct 09

CapitaBackHander wrote:
What is the problem? no one surely believes a word he or his party say! Well apart from the morons (sorry but you are!) who voted for a town council. Excused re the hype when they started as local mp's but come on.........
I can't disagree with anything said by CBH on this issue! FDP have done NOTHING for the town, and I doubt they ever will. Therefore, the only way to get in the paper is to indulge in a little good, old-fashioned plagiarism! Unfortunately, it's back-fired on him (like the super stadium did!) because there are effective Councillors out there who actually know what is going on!

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BluesBros says...
5:25pm Mon 19 Oct 09

It’s a real sad and sorry state of affairs isn’t it? When in this day and age with all the modern technology not to mention numerous multi- million pound projects going on in Blackburn & Darwen the powers that be cannot get some decent tar laid on our roads. Pathetic! It’s not rocket science and the Romans were doing this 100s of years ago and making a far better job of it.

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darwenroads says...
5:55pm Mon 19 Oct 09

Send Pothole pictures to:
darwenroadsareamess@
yahoo.co.uk
They will be passed on

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SusieF says...
6:02pm Mon 19 Oct 09

Who cares if they have brought them forward, they are desperately needing doing, only thing is they repair them and then within a few weeks they are just as bad!
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We live on Borough Road and the road is a disgrace, as well as Manor Road!
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I for one did NOT vote for a town council, they are just a lot of money wasting clowns!

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darwenroads says...
6:35pm Mon 19 Oct 09

If anyone is in any doubt as to the state of the roads you simply need to look here.

http://darwenroads.w
ebs.com/

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whereistedward says...
11:27pm Mon 19 Oct 09

darwenroads wrote:
If anyone is in any doubt as to the state of the roads you simply need to look here. http://darwenroads.w ebs.com/
I agree that many of the roads are a disgrace. But, unfortunately, people in Darwen don't see spending on roads as a particular priority ! That's because the last Labour council budget proposals (including an extra £500k for road resurfacing) was voted down by the 'coalition' councillors voted in by the public ! But that's democracy.

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"Archaea" says...
9:19am Tue 20 Oct 09

Comme indiqué à de nombreuses autres occasions Tony Melia et le FDP peuvent être une perte de temps, mais si rien d'autre le FDP a apporté une attention au Conseil local en jetant controverse dans l'arène politique. Vivent Tony Melia et bonne chance pour le FDP.

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Ian the Beancounter says...
12:55pm Tue 20 Oct 09

"Archaea" wrote:
Comme indiqué à de nombreuses autres occasions Tony Melia et le FDP peuvent être une perte de temps, mais si rien d'autre le FDP a apporté une attention au Conseil local en jetant controverse dans l'arène politique. Vivent Tony Melia et bonne chance pour le FDP.
Controverse mai être bénéfique dans l'arène politique, mais par plagier les efforts des autres, Tony Melia se fait et le regard FDP comme des imbéciles. Le plus tôt ils ont disparu, le meilleur pour Darwen.

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Ian the Beancounter says...
12:56pm Tue 20 Oct 09

Ian the Beancounter wrote:
"Archaea" wrote: Comme indiqué à de nombreuses autres occasions Tony Melia et le FDP peuvent être une perte de temps, mais si rien d'autre le FDP a apporté une attention au Conseil local en jetant controverse dans l'arène politique. Vivent Tony Melia et bonne chance pour le FDP.
Controverse mai être bénéfique dans l'arène politique, mais par plagier les efforts des autres, Tony Melia se fait et le regard FDP comme des imbéciles. Le plus tôt ils ont disparu, le meilleur pour Darwen.
And why are we speaking French?????

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Excluded says...
2:13pm Tue 20 Oct 09

Je ne sais quoi.

Nous allons dans un cul-de-sac.

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"Archaea" says...
5:00pm Tue 20 Oct 09

L'attention de Ian la Beancounter et Excluded

Tout simplement parce que Tony Melia est extraction de l'urine hors des citoyens de Darwen, j'ai pensé que je pourrait extraire l'urine de ce poste.

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