Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Easily done via

https://www.thameswater.co.uk/Help-and-Advice/Report-a-problem/Report-a-problem?type=leak


https://www.thameswater.co.uk/Help-and-Advice/Report-a-problem/Report-a-problem?type=leak


For ppl on Barry Rd suffering from noise from the covers outside 142 ( opp Mulberry Close ) and also outside 161 the outcome of my "live chat " with TW just now is that engineers will attend within the next 24 hours and will update me by 7pm Tuesday .


They say they have attended to the 161 three times since April 2018 ( I've certainly reported this one twice ) but that Barry Rd had been resurfaced and the cover on last inspection did not need attention .

I reported the Mulberry Close one to the council recently. They referred it to the Highways agency who tarmaced over it on Wednesday. By Friday the tarmac had completely disintegrated and was strewn all over the road. I have raised it yet again, hopefully they fix it properly this time, I have little confidence that they will.

I saw all the tarmac - is covering (or attempting to cover ) the manhole how a sunken cover is dealt with ? I was imagining something more sophisticated .


I always report to Thames Water ,do they simply inspect and if cover intact but unevenly bedded into the road then refer to Southwark Highways ?

I think it?s meant as a temporary fix. Over the last few months TW periodically leaflet the nearby cars saying they?re about to embark on repairs. What usually then happens is one of their vans parks there for a few hours with little sign of them actually doing anything. They often don?t even leave the van.

I don't understand how the authorities approach fixing the problem of what appears to me to be a manhole that is not level with the road surface .


Or how it's decided whose responsibilty it is .Southwark ,if they maintain the road ? Thames Water if they maintain the cover ?


Southwark@s on line reporting lists Broken covers as an item that can be reported ,suggesting that they take responsibilty for broken/damaged covers .Nothing about noisy ones .


I had a frustrating telephone conversation yesterday which I imagine constituted an update . One of the covers I reported will be "thoroughly investigated " in the next 2 to 5 working days . I had to correct the quoted location and was unable to understand why the caller couldn't discuss the second cover that I had reported at the same time .


I was told that the tarmac work to the cover opposite Mulberry Close had not been instigated by Thames Water .


It all seems hopeless to me ,the cover near 161 Barry Rd has been noisy ( with brief respites ) for 12 months now .

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • The country didn't "hate Corbyn". Labour under Corbyn got more votes than Labour under Starmer, if memory serves, and it was only due to our weird electoral system that they didn't win the previous election. Any hatred of Corbyn was whipped up by the right wing press. The Labour Party has completely lost its way. It doesn't seem to know what it stands for any more, and its members have deserted it in droves. Including me. Anyway, this is probably for the lounge, not being directly relevant to the subject of the thread.
    • Agree but Labour made a far worse start and the wheels seem to be falling off spectacularly quickly. Whatever the reason for Reeves' tears it made the markets very jittery and now there is real doubt about how much longer she will last but Starmer cannot afford to lose her - I think they are both toast and the likes of Rayner and Streeting will be licking their chops. A bit like what is happening with Cllr McAsh locally the internal politics of the Labour party always are the real driver of policy, direction and execution and for a government with such a huge majority to be struggling so much so early is really worrying. We should all be very scared because this is paving the way for Reform and a leadership challenge or swing to the farther-left within Labour would be an unmitigated disaster - we had another term of Boris because the country hated Corbyn and his far-left ideology and the far-left Labour may see a leadership challenge as their only feasible way to take the reigns - a bit like Cllr McAsh and his Momentum buddies.
    • He has been around for a few months now and looks so sad and unhappy   ,he is coming into the gardens at the top end of  Upland and  Dunstans Roads .Just wondered if he is owned as he is not neutered and keeps getting into fights with cats .
    • Starting with Brexit, all the way through to drunken lock down parties, and then finishing on Liz Truss' 'mini budget', I would say it was fairly disastrous from start to finish.
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...