Warrior Square park, again

The park in Warrior Square is a testament to the fact that you cannot trust the Tories in Southend to responsibly spend taxpayers money. A cool £1.8 million was spent (wasted) on trashing a Victorian park in a conservation area and replacing it with a largely unused  and ugly, unkempt lawn, adorned by some pretty miserable shrub beds.

This park is now largely host large numbers of drinkers and drug users (if one believes the oft-repeated complaints from residents) whose anti-social behaviour apparently includes throwing bottles, foul language, and using the trees and bushes as an open air toilet (both urine and solid waste). Those long benches, whilst enjoyed by many respectful residents and visitors, are often home to those who regularly display unacceptable levels of behaviour.

This park needs a radical rethink in its design. Maybe it should have a fence and be locked in the evenings. In the short-term a visible police presence would be helpful, although in an era of cuts this may be an unfulfilled wish.

Warrior Square does fall within a drinking control zone.

What a waste

This is what £623,875 will get you - what a waste

I still marvel at how the previous Conservation administration managed to trash a perfectly good Victorian park in a conservation area and spend £1,800,000 of our money doing it. What we have now is a grassy area; not that I dislike grassy areas. But, we had a shelter, shrubs, and grassy areas before, as well as nice iron railings.

And how did the damnable kiosk cost more than twice the price of a four bedroom house to construct?

This only demonstrates that you cannot trust the Tories with your money. Their spendthrift ways are a slap in the face for many hard-pressed families. Not only are they wasteful, but their ideas are a combination of barmy and unsuitable.

Wasteful, useless, and shameless. And trashing our heritage to boot. You cannot trust the Conservatives in Southend-on-Sea with your money. 

Worth every penny of the £1,800,000 spent her - ha ha ha