Pavement on Lordship Lane

[Mick Mac]

rendelharris Wrote:

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> I hold no brief for Mr.Barber and am not of his

> party, but he recently took the trouble to contact

> me about an issue outside his ward to see if he

> could help, so I think that might be a bit unfair!

Sorry - I'm not sure what that's got to do with his views on paving on Lordship Lane.

There is wonderful paving outside of Dulwich Park on Court Lane. Why cant LL have the same upgrade.

[rendelharris]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> rendelharris Wrote:

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> > I hold no brief for Mr.Barber and am not of his

> > party, but he recently took the trouble to

> contact

> > me about an issue outside his ward to see if he

> > could help, so I think that might be a bit

> unfair!

>

> Sorry - I'm not sure what that's got to do with

> his views on paving on Lordship Lane.

>

> There is wonderful paving outside of Dulwich Park

> on Court Lane. Why cant LL have the same upgrade.

Because you accused him of being more interested in looking after Court Lane than Lordship:

> I always think that if JB actually lived near LL

> things might be different - he's happier looking

> after Court Lane than Lordship Lane

so I was pointing out that in my experience, where he's gone out of his way to try to sort an issue not even in his ward, he is not as self-interested or parochial as you seem to imply.

[wolso]

I also think the pavement along Lordship Lane is awful. I've just moved from Peckham to ED and noticed that the pavements are really bad. I tripped the other day on Crawthaw Road and am worried that I could easily trip outside the strip of shops near St Christopher's Hospice.

[Siduhe]

Part of the issue (it seems to me) is the pavements on the forecourts of local shops which the shop is responsible for, not the bit along the road which the council is responsible for. Any wholesale upgrade of the pavement would/should involve both bits which would be complex to organise. I definitely agree it needs looking at, but I wonder if this is part of why it hasn't happened before now.

[Pugwash]

The Council can order shops to keep their forecourts in good order - but obviously need to have ideas from local residents/visitors of the problem. Remember some years ago that following a number of complaints, Southwark council ordered a row of shop keepers to repair their forecourts or council would do it for them and charge. The shop keepers/owners failed to follow this through and Southwark did as threaten and charged for the work. Since then, those shop keepers have been more careful.

[Mick Mac]

It certainly needs a coordinated effort. Neither council nor shopkeepers are likely to initiate any grand process themselves.

[lavender27]

As promised to keep you updated of progress on complaint of pavements on LL, so far I have received this reply from the Environment Services. Step 1.

Thank you for your email.

I have forwarded your enquiry to the Highways Maintenance team and the site will be inspected; any problems found will be dealt with as soon as possible.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require further assistance with this or any other enquiry.

Yours sincerely,

Environment Services

Environment@southwark.gov.uk