'Meaningless, pointless projects in Neepsend'

Matthew Smith on his perceptions of council activity on Neepsend...

Sheffield Council are still funding events and other vanity projects in Neepsend, Sheffield, falsely named "Kelham Island" in council press releases and publicity.

The central ward Green councillors and Labour council in close collaboration continue to throw money at meaningless, pointless projects in this area such as expensive new pocket parks, poor quality street art, expensive shiny new street signage and so on.

This is all well and good but should be privately funded, not done using precious council funds. This is money which could and should be spent on improving the roads and transport infrastructure into and out of Stocksbridge.

The Greens and Labour in Sheffield seem to think Sheffield ends at Neepsend just outside the city centre whereas in the real world we need to get the rail link to Stocksbridge reinstated to do something about the congestion in and out during rush hour, and a generation of youngsters need improved education, training and job outcomes.

In S35 the Labour / Green machine having already closed down branch libraries in the poorest areas now propose the destruction of vital greenbelt land including working farms which grow our food. It just goes to show what they think of us.

Please, Barnsley, can Stocksbridge and S36 in Sheffield please become a part of your town?