I’m just wondering if anyone knows how much longer British Gas / Transco / whomever is responsible these days are going to leave the hole (or holes, as they have now become) blocking the pavement in St Margarets Road (opposite Taylor’d Lighting)?
I think it was about three weeks ago that the first one appeared, surrounded by “Pavement Closed” signs - unfortunately you can’t just arbitrarily close the pavement there, there is no other route to walk in to St Margarets from many houses in the area.
Just under a week after the hole appeared, on the Saturday, some men arrived and did a bit more work. Presumably they were not on a good enough overtime rate, for they only did about half a day’s work then disappeared.
The following Saturday some more work was done and a further, much bigger hole appeared. The pavement was still “closed”, those of us with children had by then push some of the signs floating around the area in to the road such that cars would be forced to give us some space.
Now after three weeks someone somewhere has seen some sense and placed barriers to force the cars to move across and mark out a proper pedestrian route around the holes – but there is no sign of any work taking place in or around the holes at all.
How much longer will they be there? Are we just expected to put up with this ignorant behaviour by our utility companies?
– Ed Randall
Comments
ed you are not the only one to think where are these contractors, digging up holes in a narrow dangerous spot & then abandoning it. what they should be forced to do is have a phone no. at the site so we can all nag them to get on with it!
lee hearson on 2006-11-14 08:32:08 +0000I see yesterday the holes were partially filled in, a bit of progress at last!
Here's hoping that maybe by this evening we may be trated to a job at last completed?!
Ed on 2006-11-15 16:05:29 +0000SIR
The Sydney RD crisis surely deserves detailed analysis/reportage by the Rich and Twick Times. I'm confused abt the details myself -but tend to be on the side of the residents.
Perhaps - tho a regular reader - I've missed the paper's coverage, if any.
I wd be happy to approach the R&T abt the issue, subject to yr expanatary briefing, as time - as ever - permits.
george darby on 2008-05-15 23:46:06 +0000