5 June - Idiocy and thoughtlessness everywhere
Last
Friday the contractor returned around 4 p.m. to finish off
the resurfacing of Carrill Way
and was gone in an hour leaving behind them rather a lot of broken kerb stones.
The yellow lines have not been replaced, an omission that Elizabeth line
commuters have been quick to exploit. (Photo 1 below.)
But there are far worse problems to contend with. They may be very localised but they are typical of the contempt and lack of
concern which is the hallmark of Bexley Council.
In Coptefield Drive an idiot parked opposite an already parked car at around 10 a.m. (Photo 2 below) thereby
blocking the road to any vehicle wider than 76 inches. Better than
the 70 inches of last week!
For four of the past seven days the road has been blocked for at least part of each one, two with an
imprisonment time circa ten hours; one day being for the resurfacing of course.
The police are too lazy and too ignorant to recognise an obstruction when they
see one and Bexley Council would rather penalise van drivers who cannot get home
than do anything to resolve the situation. (Photo 3 below.)
You can’t have so much as a wheel on the footpath without getting a PCN but you
can block a footpath completely (EK69 WZP) and Bexley Council is entirely happy with the situation.
The only consolation is that at least two of the vehicles blocked in belong to commuters.
Local Councillors are well into chocolate teapot territory as was Cabinet Member Craske. Will the new incumbent be any better?
Photographs immediately above taken today.