The ongoing road works to the above have brought a welcome rest from the inteminable noise of the passing buses, however I'm a little confused about what work is being done. They dug up to a depth of about 2 foot the top of Cheltenham road and have relaid. They've ignored other sections, and only scrapped the surface off the bottom section.. What is really worrying is the start of Ivydale the've dug up again about 2 feet, but left the middle (and most damaged section) alone, it now seems they're filling it in to resurface. Since the middle of the road is in a contiuous state of collapse, is this just another example of Southwark doing a botch job on road repairs, or are they afraid that if the dig up the middle, it'll show the water/drains have collapsed?