Brockley Life

The road repair contractors employed by Lewisham Council really seem to be out of control. I witnessed an event where a blue light flashing fire engine was unable to go along Tyrwhitt Road from Loampit Hill purely because of a badly parked Construction lorry at the entrance to Tyrwhitt Road. The fire engine had to reverse and go along to the next junction. When you actually reach the junction you find you cannot look to the left because the view has been totally obstructed by a large site hut dumped on the pavement corner by the contractors. Just 50 feet along the pavement is plenty of space for the site hut to be safely located.It really makes turning right at that junction a total gamble. As usual the road repair contractors show no consideration for the safety of other road users. Surely such works should be inspected by the sponsoring authority?

Meanwhile the narrow Tyrwhitt Road is further obstructed by the contractors using the site to store a huge pile of paving stones. The is no reason why those paving slabs could not be stored remotely and called in when actually needed in smaller quantities.