Daily Photo: 04/02/10 – Ormiston Road
February 4, 2010 by Rob Powell
Thanks to Fergal Spelman who contributed this photo of the railings at the junction of Halstow Road and Ormiston Road. He explains:
The photo shows a railing damaged when a car slid into it during the snow a month ago. A number of cars coming down the hill (over the railway bridge) just went straight on when the drivers braked and into this railing. Despite it being close to Halstow School and a very busy pedestrian area, the council has so far only managed to place bollards to mark it but done nothing to repair the damage and make the footpath safe again.
I am told that a repair order went to the Council’s contractor on 25th January. they have removed the damaged section of guard rail and left site the site in a safe condition with a temporary barrier in place. a new section of guard rail needs to be fabricated, – it is non standard and needs to be specially made – and it is expected that it will be installed by the end of next week.
Mary, regarding the information provided to you…
“they have removed the damaged section of guard rail and left site the site in a safe condition with a temporary barrier in place. ”
…the photograph suggests nothing has been removed; indeed the main piece of railguard is very visibly damaged and very visibly still there!
And do they really think that two bollards and a bit of sticky tape constitute a temporary barrier and that as a result the site is left in a ’safe condition’?
The corner of the railguard pushed in over the footpath is at about the same height as the face of a four year old. And I don’t see much in the way of padding to protect them.
someone is going to check it
I’ve just been to look and it seems to have been partly sorted out – hope that is ok now until it is properly finished. I actually think this is something our new Community Wardens should have picked up – I am seeing the supervisor in the next day or so I should find out more.
……………..and please, tell me about things like this – we all miss things sometimes (sorry)
Mary Mills