Broadway regeneration Phase II
Bexley council usually erects new road signs
long after the road rearrangements to
which they refer and maybe the new pair at the end of Church Road (Photo 1) is another
example. As only left turns are permitted the new signs must refer to Broadway,
eastern end. Alternatively they may refer to the yet to be completed western end
regeneration, but with right turns prohibited nothing is certain, except that
Bexley council must be in a hurry to extend its Restricted Parking Zones.
The new surface at Lion Road is very obviously temporary, it
should look very
nice in the originally planned golden yellow.
Lesnes Abbey
Those of us who live near the Lesnes Abbey ruins have watched the glacial
progress since the old visitor centre was demolished.
These two photographs were taken on 11th January and 25th October respectively.
Today the story went around that the long awaited visitor centre building frame
was being delivered but it was a false alarm.
It was only a delivery of more fence panels
to restrict access to an even greater portion of the park.
A large gathering of dog walkers was watching proceedings, at least half a dozen
ladies accompanied by more than a dozen canines of varying sizes. They were
absolutely scathing about how Bexley council had ruined the park and how it
would be even worse once the glass and steel monstrosity of a visitor centre arrives.
Some colourful language was reserved for the vandal who had removed “the 100
year old yew hedge”. Perhaps the ladies were all good Bonkers readers, they certainly
knew all about Bexley’s sham consultations. Maybe the message is getting out at last.
Money down the tube
Lesnes’s new playground slide is coming along nicely.
I
learned from the installer that the original slide at this site was the first of
its type in the country and they have since been installed as far away as
Australia. However Bexley’s new one is not the most expensive at just over
£100k. One installed in Romford cost £140,000.
The smaller structure which survived the fire is to be thoroughly cleaned before the men go back to their base in Alton, Hampshire.
Bog off
The traders in Wilton Road Abbey Wood are a bit happier. The portable
toilet
parked in front of a shop doorway has gone. It was removed yesterday on the
instructions of Bexley council’s inspector in his luminous yellow jacket. It is now in Gayton Road where it causes no problem.
Only
a few weeks ago UK Power Networks filled in their hole and resurfaced the
road. Rerouting the utility services so that they don’t run under the new
station appeared to have been completed. It was what was said
at the Crossrail
Liaison Panel meeting. Gayton Road almost done, Felixstowe Road completed by
next week. Some hope.
The utility hole gets ever bigger and one of the men told me I had not seen anything yet!