The banner headline story in the Tenbury Wells Advertiser on 19th April read "Information hub open - 20k under budget.The article went on to inform that the £260,000 project was delivered £20,000 under budget.
What it didn't say was that large parts of the project were scrapped because the project was running over budget! If all the planned work had been done then the project would have caused a massive overspend.
So what did the money actually buy?
* A couple of very small meeting rooms
* A lift
* The moving of a partition wall
* A reduction in the available library space
Is this best value? Is this really an asset?
Is it any wonder that people have such little regard for their Council.
And it still closes on Wednesday!
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You forgot to mention that the library was closed while they did some of the work and at other times it was partly closed and very noisy. Libraries should be OPEN and QUIET. What is the lift for? Are there any books upstairs?
you got to be fair
not all libarys are open 6 days a week
some people do deserve a day off
well done malvern and worcester county council for showing they can work together in the best interests of the people of tenbury wells
I think all the staff work shifts anyway so it not a case of letting them have a day off.
Is this really in the interests of the people of Tenbury Wells or a way of improving the library footfall and thereby ticking a government statistic box!
Clearly the £20,000 was allocated to Tenbury. This should be enough to allow half price parking on the pay and display car park for the next few years. Fair's fair - it is Tenbury's money (isn't it?)
The money can't be re-allocated as it wasn't there in the first place. Thats why the project scope was reduced.
Its like saying
I'm going to buy a £500,000 house.
I've only got £150,000 so I'll spend that.
Didn't I do well my house purchase came in £350,000 under budget!
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