Tour de France & Barnsley Council

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  1. Euroman

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    I think it's crazy that Barnsley Council have contributed to this. The route touches the western edge of the MB and goes now where near any significant Barnsley Village. I would like the council to explain the benefits to the Town. I will certainly be asking for an explanation off my local councilor.

    Saying that we are still paying for the the De Dar Supertram.
     
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    The tram should be extended to manvers and a new line from Barnsley to airport via mexboro and Donn
     
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    As I said this morning the vast vast amount of income earned will be in Leeds York Harrogate The Dales etc. Still I suppose the little cafe at Langsett might make a bob or two.
     
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    Bacon n Steroid sarnies anybody ?
     
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    Are you really that surprised. Barnsley council are like many others and will just carry on wasting money at an eye-watering rate while at the same time cutting services and putting up ctax bills (when they can). Utterly out of touch with the real world.
     
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    I believe one of those crashing was Shane Sutton - now one of the top coaches for British Cycling...
     
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    It goes about 25 metres away from my front door here in deedar land.

    I'll be selling off car parking spaces, deck chairs, etc to anyone interested. :)
     
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    Anyone know some good deals on drawing pins...
     
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    Shame it aint coming through Barnsley cos they usually resurface the roads that are used on route. So its keep on pothoil dodging for the foreseeable then.
     
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  10. Pas

    Pasta Banned Idiot

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    Unbelievable that they re-surface for a one-off cyclist but then f*ck the motorist who constantly gets bumped through un-repaired potholes.
     
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    Also think about the cyclists (apart from the tour) and motorbike riders with theses potholes more danger for them.
     
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  12. Gimson&theBarnsleys

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    I suspect there won't be many empty hotel and B&B rooms empty in the Borough when it comes. The TPT going to Hazelhead / Dunford Bridge will be packed - all day. McD's at Stairfoot will have it's best day ever.
    Still the council could always give the money to some smackhead rehabilitation centre or something instead.
     
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  13. Pas

    Pasta Banned Idiot

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    Idea...........

    Get the smackhead's in the rehabilitation centre to mix the hot asphalt and resurface the circuit using a rolling pin,one per smackhead.
    Work them till they die (they are no good for society whatsoever) and then throw them in the field to naturally decay........retrieve their bones and then grind them down to be used as aggregate/filler which could be used to fill pot-holes?

    This is a great sustainable and low-cost approach?
     
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  14. Gimson&theBarnsleys

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    Tha just being silly nar ;-)
     
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    Pasta Banned Idiot

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    Maybe silly.....but I detect you agree with me.
     
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    If Barnsley Bradford & York are paying £1.2m combined, then based on the amount of time they'll spend in each borough and given that York have got the start of the stage then BMBC's contribution should be about £6.20p. What's Harrogate's contribution - it finishes in the town centre on Stage 1 and then Stage 2 goes through the middle as well.
     
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    Meks a change for Barnsley Council to be spending fer owt west of the M1!
     
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