Installation of street furniture/poles in the middle of pathways, presenting problems for disabled and sight impaired pedestrians.
As someone who has navigated more than one double buggy (to total destruction), that is a pretty disgraceful development. And needs to be stopped regardless of other considerations.
I guess the thinking is that the maintenance cost will be lower if they can move the posts further away from the traffic.
And effectively pedestrians are being moved closer to the dangerous traffic. Nice.