former East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?

[goldilocks]

Hi James - part of the play equipment at Goose Green has been broken for a number of months now - on the section that is closest to Adys Road. One of the handles to swing from on the wooden climbing frame has been removed (either purposefully or through vandalism) so there is now just one remaining. Would be nice if it could be reinstated so wondered if there were any plans or timeline on this? (as it didn't happen as part of the other renovations which have been great - especially in terms of removing the muddy swamp by the wooden bridge and stepping stones.)

[worldwiser]

goldilocks - don't bother James with it. Email [email protected]

Tell them that there's a dangerous structure in the playground that poses a serious threat to children's safety. It'll be fixed in 24hrs. I've done this three times.

[goldilocks]

Thank you - hopefully that will be more successful than when I reported huge piles of horrible dog poo outside East Dulwich station last week and got a response today saying someone would look into it within 48 hours! I've replied saying not to bother, I'm pretty sure its been wiped all over the surrounding pavements by now.

[Lynne]

I've got a bit tired of the towing caravan parked outside no 26 Worlingham Rd. It's been there for months now. I believe this isn't allowed. Parking here is bad enough without large vehicles

I have e-mailed your parking dept.

And, on another issue, are they ever going to fix the traffic lights on Dog Kennel Hill?

Thanks

[James Barber]

Hi Goldilocks, worldwide,

Thanks for sorting that our between you. If you see inaction or delay please escalate to me.

Hi Lynne,

Let me see what I can do and what the rules actually are.

[redjam]

Vanessa3 Wrote:

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> Hi James,

>

> Several years ago I raised a question about the

> safety of the Whateley Road / Fellbrig Road

> junction. I am one of the many parents who walk

> children to Heber Road & find crossing this

> junction really dangerous. The traffic heading

> down Whateley road rarely stick to the 20mph

> limit. Since the opening of the new Harris Academy

> on the corner of Whateley Road & Lordship Lane,

> traffic has increased considerably. If the

> junction is deemed 'safe' due to the lack of

> accidents, could this junction be considered for a

> 'lollipop' person during the school run?

>

> Cheers,

>

> Vanessa

James, any thoughts on this? I agree that this crossing is pretty treacherous and heaps of primary school kids go across it every day to Heber and Harris Primary (and there will be both more traffic and more children on foot as the Harris Primary increases in size). A lollipop person would make a huge difference.

[Lynne]

HI. I have tried to e-mail your parking dept. about the caravan, but it bounced back.

Is there any one else you can suggest? All the forms on the website seem to relate to specific issues, I can't find anywhere to report the caravan

[Sally Eva]

telephone parking enforcement direct on 0207 708 8587

[first mate]

Obviously very concerned that safety of children and pedestrians is protected at all times, however I do recall assurances that traffic would not increase as a result of the school since parents and children would walk, cycle or take public transport! If traffic has increased or us 'bound to increase' is this because the former assurances were empty and hopeful rather than realistic?

Actually, editing this because I think you meant foot traffic, in which csse a lollipop person would make sense. Apologies for any misunderstanding.

[James Barber]

Hi Clive,

Council officers have told me that they've change the cleaning regime of Goose Green park to visit much earlier - please feedback if this is working at ensuring the playground is safe for your and other kids to ply.

Wardens have visited in the evenings but so far no encountered anyone present to highlight the problem they're causing and actions that could be taken against them.

clive3300 Wrote:

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> James - can you help with trying to stop the

> anti-social behaviour continually occurring in the

> Goose Green children's play area each Saturday

> night as most Sundays, the park is trashed? This

> Sunday morning with my children, I discovered that

> some lovely people had smashed something like 6

> wine bottles amongst the equipment. It was done

> apparently methodically - 1 smashed on the merry

> go round, two smashed on top of the metal climbing

> frames and others around the ground. It was a

> complete minefield of shards of glass and

> ridiculously dangerous for small children (though

> amazingly did not stop several parents letting

> their kids play around it). A few weeks ago, the

> bins had been torn out of the ground (suggesting

> people with adult strength had been involved) and

> the contents emptied all over the ground. This is

> now beyond just kids being kids or whatever and

> appears to be escalating.

>

> Can you please liaise with the police to come past

> several times each weekend night and move these

> people on? If I complain directly to the police I

> am fairly sure that either (1) nothing will be

> done at all bar sending me some sort of letter or

> (2) they'll pop past once only and that will be

> the end of it. Ideally they will commit to coming

> past enough to make these "people" move their

> party spot someplace else.

>

> Many thanks

> clive3300

[James Barber]

Coach parking. After he notice was placed the coach owner contacted the council and agreed to park somewhere else. If anyone else finds an unwanted coach parking for days at a time on their street please get in touch.

[ianr]

What was the council's legal basis for any action, once it was established that the coach wasn't abandoned? It's taxed and MOT'd, and I've seen no mention of evidence of its being operated for the carriage of goods or passengers

[James Barber]

You know ianr I didn't ask that. I was happy with the outcome. Next time I'll ask.

[first mate]

A certain estate agent parks up to three large cars overnight on a residential street all the time. This is done because employees are not insured to take the cars to their homes and park them. Is this all above board. These cars are solely for business use.

[Cat in a Hot Tin Bus]

First mate, as long as they are insured, taxed and have MOTs then yes it is, annoying as it can be they are perfectly entitled to park on the road

Maybe have a word with the business concerned to see if they can park elsewhere.

[clive3300]

Many thanks for following up.

James Barber Wrote:

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> Hi Clive,

> Council officers have told me that they've change

> the cleaning regime of Goose Green park to visit

> much earlier - please feedback if this is working

> at ensuring the playground is safe for your and

> other kids to ply.

> Wardens have visited in the evenings but so far no

> encountered anyone present to highlight the

> problem they're causing and actions that could be

> taken against them.

>

[Marjoram]

Hello, please see today's thread "Travellers on Peckham Rye". Travellers broke into the Dulwich Hospital site this afternoon and there are now a minimum of eight vans there.

[Galileo]

James

Please can you update the community on what is happening with the Dulwich Hospital site. A van drove on late last night and tipped rubbish onto the site by the electricity sub-station.

Kind regards

[Robert Poste's Child]

Hi James

I wondered if you're able to help the library sort out their loo problem?

All three were out of order for what seemed like two weeks while they waited for a specialist to sort them out, then working again yesterday and all three again out of order today. When I ask the staff they don't seem to know much about how long it's going to take. They've been telling people to use the pub but it's creating problems for the elderly, parents with young children etc and not really appropriate for the older, unaccompanied school-age kids who use the reference part of the library to study in.

Getting things fixed at the library can be frustratingly slow - with the old wifi it often took weeks - so it would be great if you're able to help shift the blockage (as it were).

Thanks.

[753]

Some time ago you were kind enough to enquire into the missing cylcists' advance stop line at Grove Tavern/Lordship Lane/Dulwich Common. You colleague Ms Pidgeon was told it would be reinstaled in July. It hasn't been. I will write to TFL myself but it would be nice to know what is happening. Despite being a regular cyclist I still find this junction quite frightening without the line. Thank you.

[James Barber]

Hi 753,

I'll chase this up. Beyond ridiculous.

Hi Robert Post'es Child,

Will chase and come back to you.

[JessicaMitic]

Hi James, the same coach is now parked up outside my flat on Brockley Way. It has been there a week. I have informed the council. Can it be moved again? I think the guys who own it are doing it up, and trying to find somewhere to park it. Surely they can't park it in a residential area?

Thanks

Jessica

[James Barber]

Hi JessicaMitic,

Brockley Way is in London Borough of Lewisham. I've a deal of casework on currently so could you please ask your Lewisham Councillor to fix this. You can find them via - https://www.writetothem.com/

[Robert Poste's Child]

James Barber Wrote:

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> Hi Robert Post'es Child,

> Will chase and come back to you.

Thanks. Looks like it has now been sorted, for this time at least. I think the problem may be that since they recently turned one of the loos into a key-operated disabled one, there is too much pressure on the other two. If it keeps happening, turning them into 3 unisex loos would probably help.

Thanks again.

[JessicaMitic]

Thanks for your response, will do.