Clearly I must be setting the news! What I blogged yesterday hits the Brentwood Weekly News today! The tale of the zebra crossing (below) is included in the front page headline story, Signs still waiting to be plugged in. It appears EDF Energy have a number of works to be completed around the Borough.
Unfortunately the Council spokeswoman fell into what I call "Reportspeak" where silly new words replace words we have used quite happily for many years. She said the zebra crossing and other works "are so near to being delivered". Wouldn't 'completed' have been better than 'delivered'? How do you 'deliver' a zebra crossing anyway? On the back of a lorry? Or even on the back of a zebra?
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