Madness !!!

And I say again, “Where is the supporting infrastructure ?”

How can an inspector give the go ahead when there are no details of how this is all going to work ?

One gets the feeling that they, the local authorities, are moving ahead with this, with their hands behind their backs, fingers crossed. Tunnel vision turned to the max as they convince themselves that it will all turn out alright.

As an observer I just know it’s going to be a disaster. As the green belt between Waterlooville “Newlands” and Fareham “New Town” is squeezed and the roads become jammed with the vehicles from 9,000 new homes.

Welcome to the Grave New World (Apologies: Strawbs)

Inspector gives backing for town north of Fareham – Politics – The News.

“Campaigners have finally scored a victory in a long-running battle over nuisance noise generated by traffic driving along the A3 and A3M.

After years of campaigning the Highways Agency has admitted it was wrong to ignore the problem, which has plagued people living in Havant and Waterlooville.

And the agency has pledged to investigate measures such as low-noise road surfacing to tackle the din.”

Great !!!

Now all that has to be sorted out is the increasing occurrence of emergency vehicle sirens around the A3M / B2150 junction.

Like all things processed by officialdom we will have to wait and see. Just hope I will live long enough to see some action.

Victory at last in long-running fight over A3 car noise – Transport – The News.

Apparently JD Wetherspoons have gained planning permission to open a pub in Waterlooville !!!

While I am not against the idea of another pub it beggars belief that one can be built next door to an existing business, The Heroes. Officials at JD Wetherspoon have confirmed the Mr Cheap site in London Road has now been signed over to the company.

Waterlooville is crying out for new businesses to rejuvenate the shopping centre, to encourage people to come and spend money. A new Wetherspoons pub will certainly draw people in. However, most of that business will be during the evenings when the rest of the shopping centre is closed. To me this makes no sense and is in fact asking for trouble.

Two pubs side by side spilling alcohol fueled revellers out into Waterlooville at closing time, I’m sure that the local police are viewing this new development with some disquiet.

I am sure that the local cafes are also viewing the prospects of a Wetherspoons on their doorsteps with some concern. Competition is fine but they can’t sell alcohol whereas Wetherspoons will. Some might say that the playing field is somewhat uneven.

The original headline mentioned vandals. I think they are morons. To call them vandals is to give the 5th century tribesmen a bad name.

For many years now I have struggled to understand what sort of mentality you have to have to continually damage property, to prevent other people enjoying something such as the bridge in the Queens Inclosure that was recently burnt. The damage this time means that the bridge will have to be replaced.

I think moron is the correct term to use. The idiots that have carried out this damage obviously don’t have two brain cells to rub together.

Vandals set fire to bridge in latest attack on Waterlooville woodland – East Hampshire – The News.

The QA Hospital, Portsmouth, has a helipad that is used when someone is in need of emergency medical treatment. One might think this a good thing. Not so, say some fo the folks that live on the hill adjacent to the hospital.

The vocal minorities are complaining that the QA is planning to make the helipad available 24hrs a day. The poor disturbed souls say that the low flying helicopters scare their children and block out the sound of their televisions.

Presumably they can also hear the ambulance sirens as they arrive to deliver patients to the A & E department. Would they like the ambulances to stay away at night-time ?

Come on folks let’s get a sense of perspective. The helicopters probably only turn up once or twice a day at most and the noise they create as they pass overhead must last for no more that a couple of minutes each time.

And lets ask the obvious question. What would you prefer if you or a relative required emergency treatment following a car accident ? Let the helicopters land at QA or delay them access to that treatment by making them travel by road or perhaps flying them to some other hospital further away ?

So the EDL (English Defence League) decided to visit Portsmouth this weekend. Let us all hope that their wanderlust has been satisfied and they don’t bother to come back. We don’t need their sort and their beliefs being forced upon us. Where ever they go there is always hatred and violence at a cost to the peaceful law-abiding public. This time there were seven arrests so maybe Portsmouth got off lightly. Even so there were many police drafted in from other forces to bolster the local boys.Someone has to pay for that and it surely won’t be the EDL.

They call themselves the English Defence League. Who are they protecting ? It certainly isn’t me. When I see the news reports of their marches the only protection I feel I need is from them and their supporters.

So now that they have left Portsmouth I say Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish.

Personally I didn’t feel a thing.

Just goes to show we get everything the rest of the world gets. Just smaller, slower and less spectacular.

Earthquake strikes English Channel south of Portsmouth – East Hampshire – The News.