1 July - Bexley Council is useless
Well the Highways Department headed by Andrew Bashford anyway.
Yesterday, and most likely today too, Slade Green was gridlocked by emergency
Gas Works. Bexley Council absolved itself of all responsibility by issuing the
following notice on its Facebook account.
There were at least two reports of cars unable to move for more than five hours with
traffic diversion signs redirecting people to the back of the queue they had previously left.
I personally know someone who was stuck there for two hours while on a business trip. The direct loss of income to that one person was £80.
Probably Tom Anderson summed things up most succinctly…
Nobody expects the police to get off their arses for anything any more.
Stopping
driving instructors for driving on L plates may be an exception. When my road was blocked on an almost daily
basis by Elizabeth line commuters they did nothing until one of their own
vehicles could not get through on an emergency call.
All of what Mr. Anderson suggests could have been arranged by Bexley Council if
only they would leave home - where most of them work - and take a look for
themselves. They have contacts with TfL and all the utilities but instead they
wash their hands of all responsibility and are happy to see residents trapped
for hours on end and their days wrecked,
Bexley Council summarized in one short blog.
Note: The reference to Howbury Road should have been Howbury
Lane showing how little interest Bexley Council has in Slade Green.