A joint city and county council bid for government funding to replace Mallison Bridge, which was closed five years ago at Exeter Quay before being removed, has failed.
Pedestrians and cyclists crossing Cricklepit Bridge are instead expected to continue sharing a narrow alleyway off Commercial Road for the foreseeable future.
Democracy doesn't work when people don't know who is deciding what on whose behalf and what the costs and consequences of those decisions will be.
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