15 October - Saturday Miscellany
Abbey Wood regeneration
I returned
to Sainsbury’s today
to see what more I could discover about the regeneration of
Wilton Road which is due to see the first pneumatic drill within the next two
weeks. Not a lot as it turned out, Bexley’s display was more concerned with
longer term plans for after the Crossrail terminus is completed, however it did confirm
the Wilton Road start date.
In another capacity I attended a Greenwich Council presentation on Wilton Road
two weeks ago and their story was different to Bexley’s. Greenwich said that the
footpaths in Wilton Road will be made “slightly” wider. When asked what
would be the impact on parking spaces the answer was “none at all”. The road
would be a bit narrower.
The Bexley representative said today the kerb line would be exactly the same as it is now, but parking
would be “new restricted”. When asked what that meant he did not know, but given Bexley’s
reputation for fleecing motorists it gives cause for concern.
There is no detail for Wilton Road publicly available two weeks before work is
due to commence but the plan is said (†) to include York stone, cycle racks, trees and granite
benches. The street drinkers will be delighted.
I was told that copies of the plans displayed in Sainsbury’s are on the
yourabbeywood website
(password Bexley1617 although it was unrestricted earlier today) but if they are
they are well hidden.
Photographs of the plans are fine at the full 36 megapixels but at web size are only just readable.
As usual with planning matters, this subject is covered in far more detail
and with pictures at
fromthemurkydepths.
† Information given to the Traders’ Association by Greenwich Council on 28th September.
Erith Quarry
I drove along Fraser Road on Thursday and was amazed to see the vast open space
of Erith Quarry for the first time. There was an Open Day held there today,
probably the sort of thing that will be covered on
the Maggot Sandwich in due course.
Meanwhile, there is
the brochure to pore over, kindly hand delivered by one of BiB’s very first readers.
Previous BiB Erith Quarry blog.
Fly tipping
The
Coptefield Drive fly tipper returned on Thursday evening and took away most of
what he had
dumped on the previous Saturday morning. Not all of it, there is still some unwanted junk in the big bins.
Perhaps he is a Bonkers’ reader.
Yellow Box junctions
A reader told me that Bexley Council is circumventing the law that says that it
is OK to enter the box when your exit is clear - and then someone barges in and
blocks it - by editing the video so that it doesn’t show the whole junction from
the time the box is entered. It starts only when the vehicle is half way across.
Typical, and what you would expect from a Council hell bent on making money.
Danson Lane, Welling Yellow Box junction.