16 May - Gayton Road, open at last
Yesterday
morning Wilton Road, Gayton Road and Florence Road in Abbey Wood, next door to
the so called Crossrail station, reopened for traffic and the 244 bus reverted to its old route.
If you look at
the first picture on this page you will see Bexley
Council’s notice said that work would start on 1st October and take four months.
October, November, December, January
which is why there are 300 odd photographs in a folder named 02/0101. The 1st February.
The job is not finished yet but it surely cannot be too much longer.
It all looks pretty good, the 15+ promised trees have not materialised and I
doubt they ever will. I will watch closely for movement on the right angle bends
made of blocks sitting on compacted sand. Bus wheels are destructive.
Probably it’s only a matter of time before someone comes dashing down the
station steps and doesn’t notice the road. It seems to be happening already.
My only complaint when there yesterday lunch time
on a brilliant sunny day was the glare coming from the
fresh white paving but chewing gum, beer stains, fag ends and rubber skid marks
will soon fix that.
The gutters on the newly resurfaced Wilton Road are already full of detritus.
One wonders where it comes from because Network Rail and Bexley Council have
contrived to drive all the shoppers away.