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rCLThis is exactly right but unfortunately it's not really the fault of the councils, it's the fault of the setup of the current legal system whereby
very small and unrepresentative interest groups can lodge objections that
can bog down the development process for months or even years; often they
can hamper or halt schemes by claiming that there was insufficient planning
or consultation prior to implementation so councils feel obliged to invest substantial amounts in an attempt to forestall such objections. I don't
have an answer as to how to change the system but there must be a way of streamlining matters so that councils don't have to produce plans and
designs more worthy of building a major motorway just to install a couple
of planters on a trial basis.rCY

The above was part of a comment made to the article rCLCouncils lack
resources to successfully deliver LTNs amid rCLculture warsrCY, study findsrCY linked here:

<https://road.cc/content/news/councils-lack-resources-successfully-deliver-ltns-317805>

Just note the entitled attitude of the commenter!

The rCLvery small and unrepresentative interest groupsrCY mentioned are ordinary local people who donrCOt want major changes to their localities just to accommodate the demands of a very small and unrepresentative interest
group otherwise known as rCycyclistsrCO!
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Spike
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On 30/01/2026 02:20 pm, Spike wrote:

rCLThis is exactly right but unfortunately it's not really the fault of the councils, it's the fault of the setup of the current legal system whereby very small and unrepresentative interest groups can lodge objections that
can bog down the development process for months or even years; often they
can hamper or halt schemes by claiming that there was insufficient planning or consultation prior to implementation so councils feel obliged to invest substantial amounts in an attempt to forestall such objections. I don't
have an answer as to how to change the system but there must be a way of streamlining matters so that councils don't have to produce plans and
designs more worthy of building a major motorway just to install a couple
of planters on a trial basis.rCY

The above was part of a comment made to the article rCLCouncils lack resources to successfully deliver LTNs amid rCLculture warsrCY, study findsrCY
linked here:

<https://road.cc/content/news/councils-lack-resources-successfully-deliver-ltns-317805>

Just note the entitled attitude of the commenter!

The rCLvery small and unrepresentative interest groupsrCY mentioned are ordinary local people who donrCOt want major changes to their localities just to accommodate the demands of a very small and unrepresentative interest group otherwise known as rCycyclistsrCO!

+100%!
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