something's going on... Warning: contains street photographs
As I may have already indicated, the condition of the road outside my house is somewhat akin to a Baghdad cart track; 20 or 30 years of seemingly random excavation, collapsing drains and the introduction of ill-constructed speed bumps have produced a surface that resembles the surface of the moon. Now we have a new addition, in various places (mainly where the surface is smooth enough to take it) there are foot high yellow letters stating: Do Not Park Here 15/5/06.
I don't believe that they are going to work on the road for a minute, as the only genuine option would be to plane it off and start again, and if they are patching holes why haven't they identified the worst ones? It's an indictment of the free-thinking attitude of the council, that they feel it is necessary to post a no-parking notice in the middle of the road.
I'll keep you posted, but until then here are some more pictures of the adventure playground:
Mmm...nice.
Update 17/05/06
Well, what can I say, subsequent investigations have revealed yellow scribbles all over the place. There has been a small patch put on the road, but other than that, nothing has happened.
posted by Lampy @ 5/13/2006 02:08:00 pm
4 Comments:
Watcha, why don't you get your own yellow spray can and mark up the worst offending holes for the council : ) Thus providing an oppertunity for them to make more road repairs than they initially intended ; ) Kind of gorilla road repairs!
I'm all agog to discover what they're actually intending to do . . . trust that you'll keep us, erm, posted.
The Nottingham correspondent's suggestion was a good one, unfortunately I was only able to locate gold spray paint, and even the most cretinous of council employees would be able to tell the difference. Hmm, unless they've been seconded from the parks department, in which case, I'm home free; any colour will do as long as it's bright.
Hmm,
I reckon that this has nothing to do with repairing the road. I rather suspect that it is an attempt to avoid prolonged loading on the weekest areas of your road and hence prolong it's service life by at least another 5 years.
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