8 February (Part 3) - Turning over a new leaf?
It used to be the case that Bexley Conservatives’ blogs provided a rich seam
of half truths and deceptions which were fun to analyse and occasionally ridicule
but in recent times they have been far more honest.
Today’s is a case in point. It talks of parks and trees, recycling, litter
picking, LED lighting and electric vehicle charging. In other words all things Green.
It goes on to cover the allegedly improved road schemes said to have
reduced congestion and improved air quality.
One could pick holes in it. The LED lighting is by their own admission dimmer
than the old Sodium Vapour. I have received reports to the effect that
additional trees are the result of selective statistics and the road ‘improvements’
are not to everyone’s taste.
In my experience the two new roundabouts on Gravel Hill have reduced congestion.
The occasional long queues have gone and red light jumpers have been thwarted.
Instead we have congestion every time a pedestrian crosses any of four
roads. However the resultant gridlock means the dangerous situations that arise
are at very low speed which in turn might lead to fewer and
less serious accidents.
The pedestrian crossings are indisputably in damned fool positions but I have
been seeing the same thing introduced in Greenwich so it is likely the latest TfL fad.
But the fact remains, we are beginning to see a more honest Bexley Council. It
is no longer easy to pick holes in their propaganda and that can only be a good thing.