11 March (Part 3) - Sidcup High Street. Shut again
The 16th March will be a bad day in the borough.
In Arnsberg Way the road
will be traffic light controlled for eight weeks while the 19 month old blocks
are replaced with good old fashioned asphalt. Bexley council’s expertise does
not apparently extend to civil engineering or even learning from the poor
experience of other block headed boroughs.
Now comes news of another brand new road
that is to be dug up. It’s Sidcup High Street
which has been fully open for, err, let’s see, it must be almost four months now.
Bexley council’s website gives a rose tinted view of the situation but Paul Laundy of
the Sidcup Community Group has obtained his information directly from
Thames Water. This is part of what they told him…
When the High Street was re-paved and resurfaced, many of the water valves that
premises need to access should an emergency or leaks occur were covered up. They
now have to be reinstated during which time the High Street will return to
restricted one-way operation.
As Paul says, you couldn’t make it up. The High Street closure should take only a week, hopefully
a real week and not a Bexley council week.
The Sidcup High Street Index.