The river runs wild!

Here you will notice a puddle forming in a deep pothole at the end of Park Lane near the entrance to St Chads Park. This section of road has been overlooked to often, probably due to its location at the border of our ward and it join with the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

I have reported the matter to the reactive maintenance team and will keep you informed with progress. Their are at least 5 large potholes on this adopted section of road which is very disconcerting. However, I know how quickly the reactive maintenance team work and expect this to be rectified soon. I will take better pictures during the daytime so keep watching this post.

In an earlier post I explained that the AA reported stats on the amount of vehicle damage, lower fuel efficiency and accidents caused to pedestrians and vehicles as a result of poor road surfaces. I queried whether or not our borough should be considering an increase in the planned maintenance budget rather than the recent decrease by £500,000. Stats also revealed that the amount of claims lost by the all London Council was the equivalent of the planned maintenance budget. With this in mind, I restart the debate about whether in consideration of such claims, our environment, safety and aesthetic quality of life should our Councillors not opt for a larger budget towards road maintenance. Especially, when you consider our extortionate parking charges that have recently increased and the increased enforcement including a vehicle with a mobile camera? Please share your views....?

To stimulate debate I will add that the Council's marketing budget is the highest it has ever been, much due to the introduction of the Conservative biased Redbridge Life local council newspaper - which is full of unecessary propaganda and is little read. Could we terminate "Redbridge Life" in favour of better roads...?