Repair bill for Blackburn library could add up to £2m (From Lancashire Telegraph)

• "Its hardly anything new - bits have been falling off for at least four years. A quick look on Streetview confirms this.
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  Howeve it is a sad fact of life that the officers and councillors of this town and Darwen do not have enough vision to bring about any real change for the better.
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  One only has to look at King William St to confirm this. Over a million pounds spent - and on what? To make it look worse. Naff looking sandstone "cobbles" which will barely last (look at Fleming Square Car Park) and a mish mash of landscaping styles (compare King William, Sudell Cross, Lower Northgate and then Darwen St).
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  And then look at all the street clutter they insist on putting up. Those awful gates in the town centre look awful and those great big ugle street lights everywhere in the town centre as well! No consistency whatsoever in what they choose.
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  The college complex is another opportunity missed. Someone was telling me the other week, something which I happen to agree with, a huge opportunity for a large square or plaza between the big grey building and the NHS building has also been missed, opening up Duke St for redevelopment and rejuvinating that run down part of the centre.
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  And finally - is The Mall going to be cream, white, or dirty beige and pink? I must say I like the new bit, but for gods sake, make the rest of the centre look the same colour.
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  Its time the powers that be grew a pair, grew a spine and actually made a decision as to "this is what we are doing with the town" instead of dilly dallying and pandering to the loudest political voices and the latest whims of that seemingly equally indecisive lot at Capita."
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