To be honest I think Theo is probably right. This is an issue because rain water isn't being dealt with correctly and they're allowing rainwater to be mixed with sewage – which I believe was the norm in the victorian days.
Perhaps it was more expensive to modernise the sewage system and separate sewage from rain water, but what they done here does not fix the problem it just patches it so it's not a problem for now.
"It's cheaper to let someone else deal with this later" is not a good reason to not do something today. Why should later generations have to deal with this problem? What if they decide its their grandkids problem?
I'm sure there was a long debate on the pros and cons of different approaches here. I'm sure it's just the way the article is written, but either way it's annoying that we seem to lack the ambition to build things that last and that we can hand to our grandkids with pride.
Perhaps it was more expensive to modernise the sewage system and separate sewage from rain water, but what they done here does not fix the problem it just patches it so it's not a problem for now.
"It's cheaper to let someone else deal with this later" is not a good reason to not do something today. Why should later generations have to deal with this problem? What if they decide its their grandkids problem?
I'm sure there was a long debate on the pros and cons of different approaches here. I'm sure it's just the way the article is written, but either way it's annoying that we seem to lack the ambition to build things that last and that we can hand to our grandkids with pride.