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News and Comment October 2023

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28 October - Achievement zero

FloodHaving a friend in the Princess Royal Hospital in Lock’s Bottom has disrupted the past ten days and caused more journeys to Bromley than I would like. Two have been in the early evening and one after rain when I saw a gully sucker trying to tackle the Abbey Road flood. Harrow Manorway and Knee Hill were jammed with Elizabeth line traffic from around 4:30 onwards.

What spare time there has been was devoted to continuing the overhaul of old blogs and what did I find on those for 4th November eight years ago? These two photos. They could have been taken this week but they weren’t. Bexley Council has done absolutely nothing to counter problems which were obvious to all in 2015.

Flood blog.
Knee Hill blog.

The old Knee Hill blog reveals that the two frequently used pedestrian crossings that contribute to the traffic queues have been there for eight years. Doesn’t time fly?

On 31st August 2011, Wilhelmina Drayton from Bexley’s Engineering Services Department wrote to me asking for information about the Abbey Road flood. What have Bexley Conservatives done for the borough in their 17 years in office?
Knee Hill

 

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