Archive for October, 2009

Company installs new filters

 

Inevitably, a question now being asked by residents is:

 ’Why weren’t these measures put in place years ago?’ 

Angela Eagle MP with Adrian. Adrian and John are keeping Angela fully apprised of issues in our ward.

It has been suggested that there may well be offensive smells from other sources, such as sewers, and disturbance when ships screws churn up deposits in the docks.   The very welcome work undertaken by Tate & Lyle should make it easier for our Environmental Health Professionals to distinguish between sources and isolate and identify the origin of other causes of smells in the locality thereby removing any potential for blame to be shifted. 

One of the great difficulties in identifying the causes of smells is that if they are not identified quickly they will be blown away before their sources can be traced.   Please telephone Environmental Health if any new smells occur – and keep Adrian and John informed.

Parking problems in Hampstead Road have been a running sore for some years.  When the decriminalisation of parking, and the consequential requirement for effective local authority enforcement was introduced many of our residents feared that the reasonably relaxed approached hitherto adopted by the police would in future be replaced by an excessively robust approach.  Adrian conveyed this concern to Council  on behalf of residents in Hampstead Road and Parkside, in particular.   

Residents argued that although in years gone by vehicles of many sorts, including buses, used the road that was no longer the case.  Their width and frequency of passage would clearly have necessitated double yellow lines to ensure the free flow of traffic.  However, buses no longer use the route and residents feel that there is no longer the original justification for the yellow lines.

More recently a concerned resident approached Adrian about the renewed lack of parking in Hampstead Road as a result of double yellow lines being extended far beyond what is necessary.   At one point there was even an apparent contradiction where a disabled parking bay and double yellow lines occupied the same stretch of road!  

Adrian took this up with the Streetscene Manager, who couldn’t have been more helpful, and today the lines were painted over, for some length, in black.     This will provide valuable additional parking space for residents.

When local residents of Percy Road, Palatine Road, and Palermo Road, approached John about improving road safety in the area he lost no time in taking action.  He is seen in the picture, earlier today,  with a petition after collecting signatures throughout the area.

John’s petition requests the Borough Council to introduce traffic calming measures as a matter of urgency.  He argues that these roads were designed many decades ago and are not suited to modern traffic travelling at high speeds. His petition calls for a 20mph speed limit and speed bumps to be installed to help avoid the likelihood of tragic incidents.

The problem has worsened in recent years with increased traffic  using the roads as short cuts to and from the docks.