5 December - Making Bexley even Better. Yeah, right!
Page 4 of the new Bexley Magazine makes some interesting claims for the borough
and the one about having 105 parks stirred a few memory cells because five years
ago I submitted an FOI about the number of parks after
Cabinet Member Craske had said that there were 105.
The FOI response was that there were 103 parks if you counted them in the most generous way possible. To get
close to 103 (in 2017) one must count three that were in the process of being sold, another that had been
closed for the past two years and 38 playgrounds. Claiming 105 now is a bit of a stretch.
Bexley Council continues to deplete the number as BexleyCo takes over the sites. A newish one is in
Walnut Tree Road, Erith following a one day consultation two weeks ago which
few residents knew about. According to one surprised resident who lives there, public engagement has been zero.
The plan is for seven storeys and 70 flats with 15 parking spaces.
If you wish to live next to a heavily congested roundabout put in your reservation now.