Buses & road works - Melbourne Grove (north)

[bels123]

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[Angelina]

try James Barber

[uncleglen]

unfortunately the council HAS to spend its roadworks allocation before the end of the financial year....the motto in the public sector is 'use it, or lose it'.....there will never be any joined up thinking because you are talking about politicians here and they are not really known for their common sense!

[James Barber]

Hi bels123,

Apologies only just seen this.

The junction of East Dulwich Grove with Lordship Lane had a large gushing water leak. AS soon as I heard about this I reported this to Thames Water - the resident who alerted me had not been able to get through to them - and also asked that council highways team give the immediate area more salt. Great that hames Water then reacted so quickly to repair the leak but it did mean an emergency closure of the junction and diversion of those bus routes and many others. Sorry.

[Angelina]

Why is there no coordination between parties so the other roadworks stop and make space for the diverted traffic?

[AbDabs]

Angelina Wrote:

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> Why is there no coordination between parties so

> the other roadworks stop and make space for the

> diverted traffic?

Probably because the contractor would have to be paid for his resources to be stood idle. That would be a waste of money.

[bels123]

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[kford]

Usually when they're standing idle, they're waiting for concrete to set. Sometimes they put up signs to that effect.