Updates over last week are shown in italics
BROKEN PROMISE 1:
Lemsford Road: resurfacing was repeatedly promised and I even checked the text of a letter I sent to local residents confirming that it would be done two years ago. Last year I was given further reassurances but am now told that it is on hold awaiting the end of building works.
There is now a tentative date of February next year but they have added in new reasons why they won’t be willing or able to do it.
BROKEN PROMISE 2:
I was assured that there would be additional markings on Holywell Hill to warn motorists of the pelican crossing – something which is not so obvious among all the usual street clutter. I have been told that ‘safety officers have decided’ that they are not needed.
BROKEN PROMISE 3:
Years ago I was promised that the various faded and illegible signs in Cecil Road would be replaced by new ones. Year after year this simple task is not done or even started.
BROKEN PROMISE 4:
I was given cast iron assurances that the failure to ensure that the pedestrian lights on the High Street were in sync with the Peahen lights would be rectified. That was more than two years ago.
BROKEN PROMISE 5:
I was told that the pavements in St John’s Court would be replaced. Nothing happened until over a year after I had passed this promise on to residents. The situation today is that still only a tiny fraction has been done.
BROKEN PROMISE 6:
After the failure of contractors to patch Worley Road to an adequate standard, residents were promised that the road would be resurfaced adequately this year. There are no signs of any intention to honour this promise.
BROKEN PROMISE 7:
There have been frequent requests for yellow lines at the corner of Churchill and Jennings Road. This is to prevent pavement parking and is a safety measure to protect young people. I was frequently assured that this was in hand and would be in the next batch of traffic orders. The officers now say they know nothing about it. Their boss now admits that it has ‘fallen off the radar’.
Highways officials are now processing this after my protests. A letter is being sent to residents.