If it hadn't have been for consultation, all of the mature road-side trees alongside the A27 between Lewes and Falmer would have been chopped down a few years ago, because a road safety officer thought they were a danger to road users. Public consultation stopped this madness.
When I worked for the Highway Authority, it would have been unthinkable for something like this to happen without widespread consultation, not just with local residents, but with all sorts of organisations, including police, fire and ambulance. I was shocked when Edna K said that the police...