15 January - Transport meeting falls into a pothole
There
was a Council meeting last night, the first of any note since Guy Fawkes’ Night and I braved
the rain and the SL3. It was probably not worth the effort because I learned
little more than what I had already read in the Agenda.
It was the shortest meeting ever due to the Cabinet Member and Highways Manager
not fully recovered from winter ailments and the absence of the TfL representative due, presumably,
to embarrassment. The police might have been there if they were not so
incompetent.
There were a few details on the week and a bit long closure of Dartford station,
or more pedantically, the replacement of the track and junction that serves it.
36 trains are to get new moquette but no toilets or air con. Whoopee! The first
is already in service with more to come.
The bus services get worse; slower and less frequent and I am not the only one
to have noticed that the implementation of the Abbey Wood CPZ and the one up the
hill - whatever that is called (†) - has been poor.
Inconsistent and
missing signage. Something you may wish to know before a longer report appears
here at the weekend is that Civil Enforcement Officers have been told to accept
the five hour Visitor’s Permit for the whole of the six hour restriction period.
The fact that a Permit doesn’t cover a whole day was an oversight. If you have
been fined, appeal it.
† West Heath.