12 August - Slow road construction and fast broadband
With Bexley Council in recess and Councillor Read’s Twitter doppelgänger @bexley_tory
gone quiet it’s not easy to keep Bonkers going on a daily basis but some things carry on as usual.
The weekly record of
progress on the Harrow Manorway northern improvements
continues and if you examine recent photos closely they proclaim ‘steady but slow’.
Yesterday after taking a few photos by the Yarnton Way roundabout I was chased down the road by a Conway man
and I feared the worst. However the fears were unfounded and when I explained
that I took pictures every Saturday he was interested and keen to look. The Crossrail photos have an easy to remember shortcut,
www.bexley-is-bonkers.co.uk/crossrail
but I couldn’t remember the Harrow Manorway link so could only suggest searching
for Bexley is Bonkers Photo Features. Hopefully there is another new site visitor.
On
the flyover itself there are signs of the northbound bus stop taking shape. I
had imagined the gap in the concrete wall was to allow a shelter to be
cantilevered out over Felixstowe Road below but the newly installed barrier suggests not.
Either way it will be surprising if the two bus stops do not create occasional
grid lock, or maybe not so occasionally.
Recently completed Photo galleries feature the demolition of
The Barge Pole public house and
the
off-licence that used to sit alongside The Harrow Inn.
Since 6th May Photo gallery images have been much bigger than before to allow
decent quality on Ultra HD screens. Galleries with many images - like the Harrow
Manorway ones - will be slow to load on non-fibre broadband.
Note. Be aware that the Crossrail short cut will stop the browser Back button working
because you will be leaving Bonkers and making a new entry.