5 December (Part 1) - Messing around on the river
It’s
not just the North of the borough which is being
torn down and rebuilt, the
South is getting the same treatment and with arguably much greater disruption.
It may be essential
disruption in Bexley Village but it is being done in
an
inconsiderate manner which will bring no long term benefits. Abbey Wood Village
will get a huge lift from
Crossrail but Bexley Village will see no improvement
whatsoever from its bridge replacement. Far from it, it has
lost its trees already.
Bexley council has
pushed out an excuse sheet, click to see PDF.
The traffic disruption is not supposed to start until 7th January but drivers
trapped behind the contractor’s waiting to get access to the site may not be
convinced of that. Trading conditions will suffer but compensation claims are
prohibited by law.
Photographs by Elwyn Bryant.