No Parking Car Park

Car Park
@Ronrybs (21492)
London, England
March 30, 2016 6:08am CST
Just read about a roof car park for 80 cars that has been unused for five years. There was a plan to build a bridge from an adjacent building which would have a suitable ramp up for cars. The planned second building never got built and the roof top car park is only accessible by foot. It is said the economic downturn of 2008 did for the second building and there is no timescale for it to go up. I hope it is not just the UK these kind of things go on! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-35743727
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502657)
• Italy
30 Mar 16
No, it's not only the UK, be reassured, in Italy things like this happen all the time.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502657)
• Italy
30 Mar 16
@Ronrybs I do not know the Germans, but when I lived in France I remember empty areas where they had to build parking and they stayed empty for 20 years.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
30 Mar 16
@LadyDuck A prime location then!
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
30 Mar 16
Which makes me wonder if the Germans and French have the same problem
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Mar 16
pretty impressive example of a white elephant act of folly
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
30 Mar 16
They must build these things on an installment plan
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Mar 16
@Ronrybs yes, it is bad when construction stops midway through
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
30 Mar 16
Huh? Okay..The folly of man
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
30 Mar 16
@Ronrybs planning forever and a day lolz
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
30 Mar 16
Well, planners anyway
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Gudheart
@gudheart (12659)
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30 Mar 16
LOL that is really odd! Hope it does not happen often though.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
30 Mar 16
May be a tip of an iceberg, depends on how many get reported
DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
30 Mar 16
It's not only in the UK. I've seen it in Greece and the USA, too.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
30 Mar 16
whatever's causing it seems to get about
Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
30 Mar 16
Oh, trust me, I bet this stuff happens over here more than we think.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
30 Mar 16
Indeed, but we like to think our lot are especially gifted
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suzzy3
@suzzy3 (8341)
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30 Mar 16
What a shame , you would have thought the council would have finished it off and charged to get their money back.I should think this goes on all over the world.
Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
30 Mar 16
Council's taking responsibility? That'll be a first
John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Mar 16
The economic downturn had a bad effect in the US and it wouldn't surprise me if there was a similar situation somewhere here.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21492)
• London, England
30 Mar 16
Indeed, big business has a record of walking away from things like this when the money flow is going the wrong way