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Here we go. Skip to 14'07": https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hp5w
Seems that not all of the vouchers for compensation have been used yet, so that part could increase, but council quoted as saying total will still be 'way below £180,000'. But yes, if the vouchers value was reduced, that would bring things down.I hadn't heard anything about the renaming till this week, living southside as I do, but was interested as so many local issues like this get mangled in the retelling.
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Interesting, I'll have to have a listen to that. Do you know which it was on, can't spot it on the episodes list?
Right at the start there was an expectation that there may be a cost of ~£200k upwards in compensation amounts paid to the households and businesses along there for costs and time incurred in updating their info, I guess if that was significantly cut it's not surprising that it got so little support. On top of that there would obviously be the consultations and actual renaming costs.
Given how long it has dragged on I'd be impressed if it was done for ~£50k.