A New Sandwell Road

Look!

Sandwell is building a new road.

Unlike the A something-or-other, which I know as the West Bromwich bypass, which has been being re-jigged, literally for years, and shows no signs whatever of being anywhere near completion, this new road is almost finished - at least I think so.

The road is round part of the perimeter of the Forge Mill Lake and its stated purpose is to provide access by the disabled from the Forge Mill car park to the RSPB reserve. It has only taken 2 or 3 weeks so far, but judging from the amount of equipment; manpower and full time security, it must have cost a small fortune.

However, such considerations as cost don't seem to weigh heavily on the Sandwell intelligentia where Green Flags are concerned, because you can bet your sweet life that this is what this is all about.

Next March (2013) when Sandwell will be fully expecting to get another Green Flag, they will be able to point to their new 'disabled access' road and trumpet this as another great step forward in access at Sandwell Valley for the disabled.

But what the Green Flag people probably won't know, and probably wouldn't care less about either, is that all of the legions of disabled people, who are, apparently, queuing up to roll round the lake on this new road, have, for the last 25 years, been able to drive to another car park, the RSPB car park, which is within a few yards of the RSPB reserve!!

Sandwell may think that the Green Flag people are stupid, but do they really think that the rest of us are as well?

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