Saturday, 24 March 2012

Dragging Out

'Why' is a word that keeps coming to mind. The latest is prompted by this scene.


The work to remove the power lines and the poles started in November.
It may be safe to assume the appearance of these poles in the car park signals the end of the job. But don't hold your breath. It could be just the beginning of the end.
So why has it taken so long? The bulk of the work was done in weeks. But then various bits of clutter and several poles were left around the site. Every so often the contractors reappeared usually with at least three vans and multiple personnel.

Surely there's some job satisfaction to be got from starting a task and getting on with it until you've finished then looking back and saying that it looks better. But not this way of doing it, dragging it out for months.

Sheffield Wildlife Trust, or their 'contracts' arm (laughably called Wildscapes) have been up to the same game in the woods with rhododendron clearing. It was started before Christmas and piles of branches still remain spoiling the appearance.

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