10 October - Bexley Council. Wrong again
This
comment has its origins with the man from New Road who asked why
Bexley Council
never gets anything right the first time. He was referring to the third phase of
the fence post renewal around Lesnes Abbey Park.
Next day Bexley confirmed his view by saying that it was going to
replace all
four Albion Road roundabouts because the ones they installed in 2017 were not safe.
Belatedly I took a look today travelling in on an SL3 bus which was
once again
badly held up outside Bexleyheath station. Blue Badge users on double yellow lines again.
In Bexleyheath the bus did not stop outside the Library as Bexley Council said it would but instead carried on to
Highland Road where it doubled back to Townley Road stopping pretty much
where shown in the photograph. No big deal.
However returning to the Library half an hour later the Library stop said an SL3
was due and the bus stop appeared to be in use, indeed an Arriva bus driver
confirmed it to me but the scheduled SL3 turned left from Townley Road into Albion Road and was never seen again.
(Photograph taken at 15:10 today.)
So Bexley Council’s notice below is not accurate. Maybe TfL led them up the garden path.
(Second thoughts: the cones completely prevent any vehicle getting from Townley
Road to the Library. So it is Bexley Council’s mistake. I should have known better.)
Fortunately the reconstruction job should be finished tomorrow but if the site remains empty I
would not like to guarantee it. What have they done anyway; nothing is obvious yet?
Original 2018 Albion Road publicity leaflet.
Letter to nearby residents.
Admission that the 2017 roundabout
construction was not done correctly. (May 2018.)