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News and Comment June 2023

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30 June - Two birds, one stone! (Country Style and parking)

Two weeks ago (Friday 16th) my green bin was emptied at 06:45 which is pretty much the norm for this neck of the woods, but not today. A little after nine o’clock I went on my usual bad parking patrol and the reason for no bin collection was easy to see. Three clowns (YX61 SXS, SK58 NTU and the vehicle in the left corner of Photo 1) assisted by the selfish Toyota driver had blocked the road with a chicane which was too severe for anything bigger than a medium sized van to negotiate. The Country Style driver had not unreasonably given up again and a couple of hundred residents did not get a bin collection.

Well not quite true; Country Style had to waste time and money by getting a smaller truck (Photo 4 at 12:45 p.m.) because few people are willing to pay £15 to park when free alternatives are available.

Both the offending vehicles seen in Photo 2 had a warning card placed under their windscreen wiper but no PCN unfortunately.


Carrill Way blocked Carrill Way blocked Bin lorry blocked Small bin lorryThis particular problem should disappear if Wednesday’s proposals are enacted.

Yesterday I wrote to traffic@bexleycouncil as requested in their street notice to support yellow lines around corners as recommended in the Highway Code but ignored by Bexley Council for 36 years.

When I filed my email comments I discovered that I last wrote to ‘traffic@’ exactly 19 years ago. They were unable to dispute the facts presented and maybe my opinion that Bexley Council is fundamentally dishonest was formed at least five years before the Highways Manager blatantly lied to me in 2009.

I remains optimistic that the new Cabinet Member will take an entirely different approach as was apparent at Tuesday’s Places meeting.

Old email

 

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