A parlimentary question about a hole

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Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Liberal Democrat)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

(1) what steps his Department has taken to monitor the implementation
of the funding agreement for the grant awarded by his Department to
the Royal Borough of Greenwich for the refurbishment of Greenwich and
Woolwich foot tunnels;

(2) whether the Royal Borough of Greenwich met the conditions of its
contractual agreement with his Department for the refurbishment of the
Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels. Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb,
6 November 2012, c544W)

Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford, Conservative)

The original Community Infrastructure Fund 2 agreement for the
Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels was signed in November 2008
between the Department and the London borough of Greenwich.

The total funding allocation was £11.5 million for the refurbishment
of the Greenwich and Woolwich rotunda, tunnels, stairwells and
replacements of both lifts, including funding the associated
mechanical and electrical works.

In December 2008 delivery and monitoring of the grants were then
passed to Homes and Communities Agency as DCLG's main delivery body.
The agency monitored these grants and were content with progress on
the eligible works it funded. The borough confirmed that all eligible
works funded by the Homes and Communities Agency were completed as per
the conditions of contract and that any remaining works would be
funded from their own resources.

Responsibility for these grants then passed to the Greater London
Authority on 1 April 2012 as part of the wider transfer of the
agency's London responsibilities."

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My comment: It seems that responsibility for the oversight of local
government expenditure of £11.5m has been passed on from Government to
Boris Johnson as part of an April Fool's Joke with cyclists on this
part of National Cycle Route One the fall guys.

On 08/11/2012 18:22, Bertie Wooster wrote:
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Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Liberal Democrat)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

(1) Greenwich and
Woolwich foot tunnels;

(2)
Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels.


Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels



My comment: It seems that responsibility for the oversight of local
government expenditure of £11.5m has been passed on from Government to
Boris Johnson as part of an April Fool's Joke with cyclists on this
part of National Cycle Route One the fall guys.

My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?


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Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton, of Lancaster
University, wrote in an interim assessment of the Understanding Walking
and Cycling study. "For them, cycling is a bit embarrassing, they fail
to see its purpose, and have no interest in integrating it into their
lives, certainly on a regular basis."

On Thursday, November 8, 2012 6:30:48 PM UTC, Dave VOR wrote:

My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?

Because you can get off a bike and wheel it through a foot tunnel.
Could you really not think of that yourself?

On 09/11/2012 09:04, PhilO wrote:

Dave VOR wrote:

My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?

Because you can get off a bike and wheel it through a foot tunnel.
Could you really not think of that yourself?

One could do the same in a sewer.

May we also expect a series of questions to be put to the appropriate water
company?

On Friday, November 9, 2012 1:06:05 PM UTC, JNugent wrote:
On 09/11/2012 09:04, PhilO wrote:


One could do the same in a sewer.


Can one legally push a bike through the sewer?
Do the authorities put up signs advising you to dismount in a sewer?

Or are you being totally irrelevant.
Again

On 09/11/2012 13:27, PhilO wrote:

JNugent wrote:
PhilO wrote:

In response to PhilO's assertion that a cyclist may psh a bicycle through a
foot tunnel...

One could do the same in a sewer.

Can one legally push a bike through the sewer?

Wow... watch those goalposts fly...

But I expect that the answer is "yes", despite your attempt at diversion.

I have certainly never heard of a law against pushing a bike in a sewer.

Have you?

"JNugent" wrote in message

I have certainly never heard of a law against pushing a bike in a sewer.

Perhaps a Mr Angry hasn't gone down so he can come up and complain.
"There should be a law against it. One day someone will die" and all that.
This is the opportunity for you to do the public spirited thing and spend
time down
there until you find one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYFq0Bdftz4

On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 01:04:16 -0800 (PST), PhilO wrote:

On Thursday, November 8, 2012 6:30:48 PM UTC, Dave VOR wrote:

My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?

Because you can get off a bike and wheel it through a foot tunnel.


If only they would

On 09/11/2012 09:04, PhilO wrote:
On Thursday, November 8, 2012 6:30:48 PM UTC, Dave VOR wrote:

My comment. Why is a psycholist interested in "foot tunnels"?

Because you can get off a bike and wheel it through a foot tunnel.
Could you really not think of that yourself?

Except that cyclists cannot be trusted to wheel their silly Victorian
diversion - they would ride it instead.



--
Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton, of Lancaster
University, wrote in an interim assessment of the Understanding Walking
and Cycling study. "For them, cycling is a bit embarrassing, they fail
to see its purpose, and have no interest in integrating it into their
lives, certainly on a regular basis."

PhilO wrote:
On Friday, November 9, 2012 1:06:05 PM UTC, JNugent wrote:
On 09/11/2012 09:04, PhilO wrote:


One could do the same in a sewer.


Can one legally push a bike through the sewer?
Do the authorities put up signs advising you to dismount in a sewer?

Or are you being totally irrelevant.
Again

we are talking about Greenwich?
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ennemm