30 May - Two new car parks. You have a choice. £15 or free
It’s
been a busy day in the Abbey Wood area with Bexley Council reopening the
Felixstowe Road car park after spending a claimed £250,000 on it. (‘Claimed’ because
my local Councillor says that is not what his budget papers say.)
At 1 p.m. there were no takers but maybe there are reasons other than the £15 a
day fee, tomorrow morning may tell a different tale.
Fortunately for hard pressed Liz line commuting drivers, Bexley Council has also provided
a
brand new car park only half a mile away free of both tiresome restrictions and charges. How very generous of them.
It is called
Carrill Way or Carill Way dependent on which road name plate you find first.
After 36 years of providing the only access to four more roads within the Priory Gardens
development it boasted some of the best pot holes in Bexley so it is good to see the end of them.
The contractor, Riney, seemed to be doing a good job, closing the road at
precisely the advertised time and accommodating towards the very few drivers who
left things a bit late. Covering the drain gullies to stop debris going down the
hole and sucking them clean again afterwards, ready to answer questions when asked
and leaving behind them a very smooth surface, albeit not quite finished at the time of writing.
The very few residents taking an interest in the project thought Bexley Council
would be doing the sensible thing and finishing off the job with a yellow line or two.
Sadly sensible and Bexley Council are not words that have much in common.
The 09:30 to17:00 road closure overran. It seems that the excessive number of curves required additional
care and attention as the machinery is more suited to the straight. The road was partially opened by 19:45.
The final photograph taken at 07:30 31st May after an early morning tidy up.
There is no news as to when the unfinished patch will be dealt with.