Tax dollars at its most useful

[EH 370z]

In the austere time we live in, can someone explain to me how £250000 can be justified on this monstrosity below. On the A66 roundabout over the road from my dealership

Any guesses as to what it is by the way?

 

[DoogyRev]

I know what it is Toby..... A complete waste of Money

 

Some desk jockey dreamed it up probably

[Chris`I]

Skateboard ramp perhaps?

[Leeroy]

It's looking a bit crap at the moment but I'll reserve judgement for the finished item - providing EH 370z hasn't torched it by then

I wouldn't mind if the public art that we got was cool, like much of the stuff on the continent

[Ruddles]

I won't get annoyed....I won't get annoyed....

[Railgun]

Looks like a timber lorry has come off the road!

[EH 370z]

Hilariously, this work of art is supposed to represent a “Corn fieldâ€

Fantastic, for a town which is synonymous with the steel and petro-chemical industry.

Still it will give the scally’s some scrap metal to sell on the black market for a bit of extra pocket money – no seriously they will….

[Stew]

Recently Aberdeen City Council spent about £60m restoring n old building. In my opinion it was worth every penny and the best tax pounds spent in my lifetime locally. The finished building looks absolutely stunning!

 

Marchial College in Aberdeen. Awesome! The £120k statue outside is ace too!

[EH 370z]

Recently Aberdeen City Council spent about £60m restoring n old building. In my opinion it was worth every penny and the best tax pounds spent in my lifetime locally. The finished building looks absolutely stunning!

 

Marchial College in Aberdeen. Awesome! The £120k statue outside is ace too!

 

Fair enough, but this is sh!t...

[sparky370z]

Recently Aberdeen City Council spent about £60m restoring n old building. In my opinion it was worth every penny and the best tax pounds spent in my lifetime locally. The finished building looks absolutely stunning!

 

Marchial College in Aberdeen. Awesome! The £120k statue outside is ace too!

 

that is fair enough, its a building that has a purpose and will be used by many people over many years. a piece of history!!!!!

 

but not some load of SH!T that has been made just to spend the budget.

 

my local council spent nigh on 600k on a frigging bus shelter!!! it was crap and leaked all over the place!!!

[Leeroy]

my local council spent nigh on 600k on a frigging bus shelter!!! it was crap and leaked all over the place!!!

That leak is probably a feature designed in to deter tramps

[MacW]

Hilariously, this work of art is supposed to represent a “Corn fieldâ€

Fantastic, for a town which is synonymous with the steel and petro-chemical industry.

Still it will give the scally’s some scrap metal to sell on the black market for a bit of extra pocket money – no seriously they will….

 

I'm already looking into hiring a flatbed.

 

Why should the scallies get first bash?

 

I reckon I'd be doing everyone a favour.

[docwra]

We have this:

 

 

Its apparently the worlds first laser lit sculpture on a roundabout ........ except the lasers stopped working after about 6 months and havent been fixed. Most locals now refer to it as "The Bog Roll"

 

Cost? £100K.

[Iwantone]

Having one of these did no harm to the Italian town of Piza......

 

We have this:

 

 

Its apparently the worlds first laser lit sculpture on a roundabout ........ except the lasers stopped working after about 6 months and havent been fixed. Most locals now refer to it as "The Bog Roll"

 

Cost? £100K.

[rtbiscuit]

We have this:

 

Its apparently the worlds first laser lit sculpture on a roundabout ........ except the lasers stopped working after about 6 months and havent been fixed. Most locals now refer to it as "The Bog Roll"

 

Cost? £100K.

i know that round about its just outside haverhill; always thought it was a bit crap to be honest; like they forgot to put good foundations in.

 

we have this in ipswich

 

i really like it; been here since before i moved this way, don't know how much it cost; but it makes me smile

 

 

this on the other hand i have no idea

 

 

but we also have

 

 

 

 

[Beavis]

This FTW though If you are going to be random this is the way to do it!

 

[EH 370z]

At least these look like something, as far as I can see our new addition has just made the roundabout slight more dangerous to get around as now you can’t see what you will drive into.

As a small foot note, this round about was fine. Then some years ago some idiot covered it in traffic lights are prioritised it, now there is one accident per week on it!

[glrnet]

We have this on the A24 roundabout:-

[rtbiscuit]

i like funky architecture and sculptures. makes a place interesting.

[DoogyRev]

We have this on the A24 roundabout:-

 

For cluck sake

[rtbiscuit]

we have loads of c0cks on the roundabouts near us as well

[jumping350]

We have this on the A24 roundabout:-

HAHA the giant ****!!legendary, theres a bit of a downhill approach to the bird wouldnt like to lock up into that

[Daryl]

In my home town of Grays,they put a load of rocks on a round about,as they thought it would make people think of Stonehenge!

That cost about £100k.

[Stew]

Here we have flowers... which are paid for by companies (mostly oil operators) putting signs up on the roundabout. It's not exactly amazing but flowers are better than some of the sh*te posted!

[geoff-r]

This FTW though If you are going to be random this is the way to do it!

 

 

That's amazing!