Stupid, stupid, stupid

[steveo]

Two mornings this week, men with litter picking up sticks have walked past the house as I've been digging out the car.

I dunno but is litter a priority right now? And how do they find it? Perhaps they have some crisp bag detection device.

Sometimes the council is just plain dumb, other times, its behaviour passeth all understanding.

[Chick]

Why aren?t the council gritting the side roads? Oakhurst, Kelmore Grove and the Gardens are completely frozen. It costs money to grit roads but that has to be weighed against the cost of all those people in A&E with broken wrists.

[Jeremy]

The council can only store a limited amount of grit. If they gritted all the side roads, they'd run out of grit pretty quickly. Then what happens if it snows again?

[SeanMacGabhann]

How is this different from the discussions in the snow watch thread?

[steveo]

Because I was saying something different. What kind of council foreman sends the chaps out on litter patrol in the snow? Almost anything else would be less futile.

[JohnL]

Boris ...

?We have virtually cornered the world market in Egyptian salt and we are sitting on a kind of salt mountain.?

Jeremy Wrote:

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> The council can only store a limited amount of

> grit. If they gritted all the side roads, they'd

> run out of grit pretty quickly. Then what happens

> if it snows again?

[JohnL]

Rye Lane gets filthy in the snow/slush mind - just a bit of sweeping would help there.

steveo Wrote:

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> Because I was saying something different. What

> kind of council foreman sends the chaps out on

> litter patrol in the snow? Almost anything else

> would be less futile.

[James Barber]

Clearly sending anyone out litter picking in areas covered in snow and ice is as the subject line says - stupid, stupid, stupid - it's also contrary to Southwarks Winter Service Plan.

I've contacted officers to ask why this obsurd working is going on when we need street cleaners - as per the Winter Service Plan - to be used to help clear our streets of snow and ice.

[steveo]

James, we agree on something!

[Huggers]

James I ve rung the council this morning to no avail to ask them to grit our streets- although routes nearbye are accessable we cannot reach them through our inaccessible ice rink residential roads. I need to drive because my work entails coming home late at night as a performer and last night I had to cancel my gig even though it is only in North London and North London had no problems. As a pedestrian, crossing these roads is taking your life in your hands as it is so slippy.