5 April - After a ten year wait it is coming back
They
will have to be going some
to have it open this month but work has started on restoring
the Felixstowe Road (Abbey Wood) car park which was ripped up along with its
trees ten years ago. (Photo 1.) Whether it will improve the commuter parking situation is
debatable. Bexley Council is intent on making the Elizabeth line a cash cow and
the increased parking charges (£15 for two hours) are already displacing commuters into residential streets.
Last Monday evening at 18:45 the rectangle of roads formed by Abbey Road, Wilton
Road, Gayton Road and Florence Road was completely gridlocked with cars and buses going nowhere.
It often is but Monday evening was particularly bad. Through traffic on Abbey Road gets trapped too disrupting four more bus routes.
Yesterday when I tried to drive out of Carrill Way I found it close to being
blocked. A lady attempting to drive in the opposite in a large Mercedes gave up
trying to get through the small gap although by approaching at an acute angle I was
able to wiggle through. There was no way that a fire engine could have got
through and it stayed that way all day. Every resident I have spoken to (seven)
have said much the same thing. “I have reported it but Bexley Council doesn’t care.”
We need single yellow lines everywhere and double yellow at junctions. Parking
that is not compliant with the Highway Code results in cars being forced on to
the wrong side of the road on blind bends.