Noisy metalwork/manhole covers in Barry Rd and elsewhere -please report them

[intexasatthe moment]

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 .

[capt_birdseye]

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.

[intexasatthe moment]

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 ?

[capt_birdseye]

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.

[alice]

I shall soon be walking up Barry and will do an aural survey.

[intexasatthe moment]

I think if one could control the traffic flow it might be possible to orchestrate a distinctive rythm.

[alice]

AS completed.

[intexasatthe moment]

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 .