Monday, 6 October 2025

Far too much demolition and construction in Brum

In 57 years of living in Brum and the Black Country, I have seen the scandal of excellent roads, railways and perfectly good buildings and public realm projects all destroyed. What a waste of public money, resources and of finite fossil fuels! And the spewing out of GHGs!

Inner Ring Road was demolished in two places to make way for one-way streets and traffic lights.  How absurd!

Public realm projects in Digbeth has cost many millions; Centenary Square was rebuilt three times in 20 years; and the Kennedy Memorial was lost when the inner ring road was destroyed.

I have visited and seen three Brum Central libraries in my 57 years of living here.

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