THE citizens of York are to be consulted about the proposed new footbridge to be constructed across the Ouse from North Street to the Guildhall.
However consultation in York, as under the last administration, now seems to mean we shall tell you what we are going to do. The matter has already been decided (Competition to be held for footbridge, September 4).
I cannot recall that this project was in the Liberal Democrat manifesto for the last council elections.
If consultation is to mean anything in York, the electors should be given full details and allowed a vote on the matter, as has happened recently in respect of Park & Ride and swimming pools, before any funds are allocated even for a feasibility study.
Alec Acomb,
Hillcrest Avenue,
Nether Poppleton, York.
Updated: 11:52 Tuesday, September 09, 2003
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