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My Private Eye arrived 2 weeks late. Private Eye comes out fortnightly...

now another big leak junction of Woodwarde/Beauval.only three days. Has been reported...

three or four times...

Water running down my road for three years...

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You do all understand, I hope, that the objective > of this exercise is to flood the area with > 'concerns' about e.g. road safety to help justify > ('public demand') whatever draconian and probably > inappropriate 'traffic management' schemes they > plan - more CPZs; more extended double yellows, > less parking etc. etc. There will be no more > buses, with no additional frequency (of course, as > that's TfL not Southwark) let alone any > improvements in the rail services. Every time you > add a concern you add another nail in the coffin > of cars in Southwark, the stated aim of the > council. exactly...

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It goes against what the majority of people who > took part in the survey said they wanted, and will > have a huge impact on everyone living in the > area. > > But it doesn't (1) go against Tooley St.'s stated > policy to drive cars out of the borough or (2) > their desire to create revenue streams > off-community charge or (3) in order to further > aims 1 and 2 above to ensure that decisions will > force neighbouring locations to clamour in their > turn for a CPZ to exclude 'foreign' cars from > their streets. > > This is not and never has been about meeting the > needs of local residents - these are just a wedge > for a far wider agenda. Herne Hill (Lambeth, not > Southwark) is a good example of a listening > council here - with a limited CPZ around a > station, on limited hours. Something you won't see > in Southwark (or I think Lewisham) with a very > different agenda. Absolutely spot on...

nxjen is quite correct - same thing happened to us...

nxjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My cellar flooded a couple of years ago and wisdom > on the internet said to check drainage which did > indeed prove to be the problem. The drainage > system in many of the Victorian terraces in East > Dulwich pairs two adjoining houses and my > neighbour?s cellar was also flooded. As the main > drain is shared, it is Thames Water?s > responsibility to clear any blockage which they > sorted in a matter of hours and the water > disappeared. I was very impressed with the guys > enthusiasm for their job. > > So perhaps your neighbour had a blockage which > they cleared or maybe there was a blockage outside > under the road which TW cleared? Either way, count > yourself lucky it cleared spontaneously - I was > just hoping my flood would just go away!

I am on the other side of Lordship Lane.Still waiting for a parcel posted on 10.9.18...

Definite recommend from me...