11 May - No way in. Send for Noah!
Bexley
Council is simply disgracefully incompetent and totally neglectful of the north of the borough.
Once again there was no dry way into Abbey Wood station this morning. The constant stream of
commuters descending the Gayton Road stairs was confronted by the flood that
blocks the end of Gayton Road after every spell of rain, not that there was a
great deal in Abbey Wood yesterday, just enough drizzly stuff to be a nuisance.
I heard of downpours not far away but managed to do all my business locally
without actually using the umbrella.
As stated many times before, this perpetual flood has been a feature of Gayton
Road where it joins Wilton Road for all of the 29 years I have lived nearby and
it really is about time the useless Bexley Council fixed it.
The water laps the doorsteps of the nearest houses and has been in the shops on
occasions but Bexley Council does nothing. Can you imagine that happening if it
was Bexleyheath station that became an island?
Maybe the £6 million of public realm work allocated to the station area for the
Crossrail improvement will sort it out, but probably not if some serious
underground work is not taken on by Bexley Council first.
Photos 2 and 5 by Brian Barnett.