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News and Comment April 2023

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5 April - After a ten year wait it is coming back

Felixstowe Road Felixstowe Road Felixstowe RoadThey 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.

 

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