15 May (Part 1) - If at first you don’t succeed
The
roundabout at the southern end of North Cray Road (Ruxley corner) is not a good example
of Bexley’s road planning skills; what is? In order to give themselves something
to do someone at Bexley council decided to redesign a roundabout that councillor
Craske said in an email to an enquirer had never been the scene of a serious
accident. The following links show the various stages of disruption and
cock-up…
• Blog for
25th July 2010
• Blog for
24th February 2011
• Roads Report
If you read the history of the appalling waste of money at Ruxley corner you will
see that a perfectly good roundabout was re-engineered to make it impossible for
large vehicles to negotiate without going right around it so as to approach the
exit from a different direction. Then instead of rebuilding the mess properly
stubbornness has dictated an unsatisfactory compromise. Large vehicles still can’t
get around the tight corner and have to mount a double height kerb. Responsible
councils design roads with the aid of software into which you enter junction
dimensions and it tells you if large vehicles can manage it. As far as I know you
can’t enter vindictiveness and spite into the program so it wouldn’t suit Bexley council.
Always remember that it is councillor Craske who signs off these road schemes,
the same man who lies to the public at council meetings.
No £4m. contract.
FOIs cost more than parking enforcement. Quoting the results of a
survey of which council officers have no knowledge. Need I go on?