"It's all very well having this money, but we simply cannot rely on the highways department to spend this money wisely on schemes that will alleviate the notorious traffic and safety chaos on Worcester's roads and make them safe and motor vehicle-friendly. We'll instead end up with half-baked ideas that will have little or no improvement, will invariably be anti-car and will reduce road safety. And perhaps a few more bus lanes that go to nowhere will be added in to the equation too as will dangerously located zebra crossings.

Before a penny of this money is spent we need to ensure the highways department is rejigged from top to bottom and is staffed by people who know what they're doing, rather than the incompetent, overpaid and clueless oafs called highway engineers currently residing in County Hall. Or better still, hand the highways service over to the private sector where we will, finally, see massive improvements in the management of Worcester's road network."