Pothole North Cross Road

[lilolil]

Please be careful when either cycling or driving down North Cross Road as there is a very deep pothole. My son, who is an experienced cyclist, has just come off his bike and is now at KCH.

The pothole is in the middle of the road and is difficult to see when going up towards the Actress but easily seen going the other way towards LL.

It?s close to the old school.

[northernmonkey]

Sorry to hear that - i hope he is ok?

Has it been reported to the council?

[lilolil]

I can?t get through on the phone and the online form requires you to upload photos which are on his phone.

He?s still at Kings

[alice]

Awful. sorry to hear that.

[goldilocks]

I think you can report via ?fixmystreet? without pictures

[lilolil]

Thank you. I've reported it now on Fixmystreet

[tedfudge]

I've hot that pot hole 3 days in a row I keep forgetting it's there and you definetley cant see it as it's right next to the speed bump opposite where the pet store used to be...

[kp4]

I saw a kind builder from nearby site putting a bag of sand in the pothole this morning.

[lilolil]

Well sadly my son has had stitches, a broken tooth, suspected broken jaw and various other injuries including a black eye.

Let's hope it's repaired quickly so no-one else suffers the same.

I dread to think what could happen if one of those bikes carrying children in the box on the front went into It!

[tomskip]

That's awful! So sorry for your son Lilo.

[heartblock]

The council must maintain all public footpaths, pathways and roads to a safe standard, as defined in Section 58 of the Highways Act, 1980, I know it will not make up for your son?s trauma, but worth pursuing an injury claim. King?s is a great unit and I hope he recovers soon.

Also inform your local councillor, it needs to be repeated ASAP.

[lilolil]

Thank you for your advice!

[oimissus]

That's shocking, lilo, I hope your son recovers soon and the pothole gets fixed asap.

[heartblock]

Repaired..not repeated! My pleasure Lilo...kind wishes to you and your son.

[richard tudor]

Why can the pavement sanitation executives not note things like this

and report back to Southwark HQ to repair before it gets so bad Conways have to be drafted in for weeks to fix?

[redpost]

If the council can drive around enforcing parking restrictions, why can't they proactively look for potholes (and indeed fly tipping) at the same time?

[heartblock]

Actually redpost that is an excellent idea, as they go around they could report street and road issues. I wonder if it something that could be suggested?

[Nigello]

Thirded - good idea, but I doubt a big bureaucracy like the council will implement this. It could be classed as asking worker X to do worker Y's duty, etc. (Eg. an email to the council resulted in a damaged tree branch being cut down - great - except it was left there in the road for a week until I complained and then some other department picked it up, despite its having been passed daily by the litter picker and the bag picker-upper, and having been reported as a done job by the tree department.)

[edbloke]

Sorry to hear about your son. Hope he fully recovers.

For any other cyclists reading this, there is an app available, on iPhone at least, called ?fill that hole?.

Not a name you will forget.

Simple to use, quick to enter details including photos / location et and from my experience over many years, results in a repair within days.

Southwark repairs seem quicker than Lambeth.

It?s good to know 2mins of my time, hopefully can save a fall like your son?s.

[heartblock]

There is also one near Gilkes on ED Grove. Be careful it is in the path of cyclists. I?ll report it, but I imagine it will get worse before it get?s repaired.

If the parking guys could carry some bright yellow spray paint they could circle the pothole as a warning to cyclists and then report the pothole. Southwark could introduce a ?5 bonus for each pothole reported and circled.

Cheaper than being sued each time.

[Sally Eva]

Also environment@southwark.gov.uk works. You should get an acknowledgement, not immediately but within a couple of days.

I used to use Fix My Street but southwark seemed to stop responding to it -- it was initially very good -- and I was told to use the environment email above.

[Flollylf]

Your son should sue the council

[first mate]

I know of a number of pedestrians badly injured after tripping and falling because of poorly maintained paving around ED. It is a problem. If winter cycling increases sections of road will also present a hazard.