A UNIQUE public transport system costing around £80million could make Daventry a world leader of innovation, a conference was told this week.
More than 100 representatives from around the globe were in town this week for the much-anticipated Daventry Transport Confer-ence 2007, where talks were given and debates were held over the potential benefits of Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) and other related transport technology.
Ian Vincent, Daventry District Council's head of paid service, told the conference yesterday (Wednesday): "We have an extensive growth agenda and we want to demonstrate to the world that we can lead on something as innovative as a PRT system.
"We want people to be proud of the town they live in. It will have attributes that it doesn't have now and we want to be at the leading edge of town development in this country."
This week the news from Daventry is:
The mayor of Daventry has controversially quit his role as the town's civic head.
...and why did the mayor quit?
During the last year the town council has slowly descended into turmoil, with dozens of councillors quitting.
One described the authority as a 'group of people effectively at war', and numerous reports have leaked out about infighting, in-crowds and bitterness between councillors.
The council currently has five empty seats.
In August town clerk Mrs Paddan quit her job and all four administrative staff at the authority handed in their notice a week later.
Chris Millar, leader of Daventry District Council, said: "It's very disappointing news and the town council is becoming a Whitehall farce.
"Individuals need to take a look at themselves, stop squabbling and start serving the public. There must be something rotten at the core of this body.
"The fact that the latest victim is the mayor shows everyone it is very dysfunctional."
...is the PRT Pod Curse at work in Daventry too?.
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