cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/17001898
A car park built for £51 million in Oxfordshire is lying empty because a council cannot connect it to the main road.
Planning problems are preventing motorists from using the 19-acre park and ride scheme in Eynsham until funding is secured to link it to the A40.
Aerial photographs show the 850-space site devoid of vehicles, despite its finished glossy tarmac, bus stops and green spaces. All major construction work was finished in January, followed by landscaping last month.
Although the car park could be cut off from the main road until 2027, local authorities have contracts to maintain it every week, cutting the grass and topsoiling and seeding when necessary.
Government when funding public transit: multiple feasibility studies, public opinion surveys, town hall meetings
Government when funding car infrastructure: “Eh fuck it, plop it down and we’ll figure it out later”
To be fair the article mentions that they did have it figured out, but later canceled the connection, which was part of a separate project.
Seems like the exact problem that could happen with anything, but ofc shouldn’t. Because it really is such a simple mistake that anyone with a brain, who is in charge of making those decisions, should look at the plans and see it. There for sure are systemic issues, if something this basic can fall through the cracks.