YET again the Liberal Democrats want to increase the ever growing burden on the council tax payers of Swindon.
Coun Michael Dickenson (letters, August 6) expounds the benefits of Home Zones and yet fails to tell the people how much it will cost. While these schemes undoubtedly have merit and I can fully understand why he and the residents of Broad Street would like one, the fact is the cost is estimated at £1.5 million for this one area alone.
Admittedly £1m grants can be secured from the EU and government but the remaining £500,000 would have to be paid by the council tax payers of Swindon.
This equates to roughly an additional one per cent on council tax bills.
Therefore the choice is simple; do we choose between spending this money on our crumbling schools and our care homes which are in need of improvement or do we put in a Home Zone which benefits only a very small number of people?
(Coun) D RENARD
Haydon Wick
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