Readers' Blog: Communities must be listened to when it comes to road issues

Regrettably, the excellent and cogent letter from M.Krasa, headed ‘Community ignored in planning row’ (Irish Examiner, November 9), highlights a problem that is far from unique.

Quite correctly, he states that local democracy is indeed at an all-time low as is the trust and regard for the public service and politicians among many. It appears that the default position among planners, managers and officials, often bereft of common sense as well as visual and cultural intelligence is to reject and dismiss out of hand, community evidence and objections, however well balanced and fact-based.