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7 April (Part 2) - Bexley is truly Bonkers

Hole There will be an accident Taking a chanceIf you live in the north of the borough you might already believe that Bexley Council hates you and if so you will by tomorrow be even more sure of it.

The only road routes from Bexleyheath to Thamesmead and Abbey Wood are Long Lane and Brampton Road which both converge on to Knee Hill.

There are temporary lights in Long Lane and Brampton Road will be closed all week. Thames Water in their usual way dug a hole on Friday and ran away without a care in the world.

To compound the idiocy there is a rail strike and the whole of the South East will be making a bee line for Abbey Wood station and the Elizabeth line.

I was expecting a visitor in the morning so I drove in a loop to Crook Log and turned into Brampton Road to see how the land was lying. There is no advance notice of the closure and not a diversion sign anywhere. I wasn’t absolutely sure of the best alternative route so I followed the TfL bus diversion signs which entailed two miles of diversion to advance about 80 yards. Bexley Council which authorises all these road closures really is run by idiots.

I watched the convergent scene for two or three minutes and it looked like an accident waiting to happen. Northbound It is blocked by the abandoned hole and there is nothing very obvious to say you cannot use the open southbound carriageway. Three cars did exactly that within a couple of minutes.

Not really news to northerners, sorry about that, but residents driving in from the privileged south are not going to be happy when they hit the road block in the morning.
Brampton Road closed

Road closed with no prior warning. No diversion signs. No one working.

My visitor has cancelled.

 

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