TwickenhamCyclist
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Local Authority 5, TFL 0
Apologies in advance to the more sensitive forum members for the London centric nature of this thread…
I’ve Reported potholes to my local council (Richmond, Surrey) a few times now – on each occasion they have been excellent at responding, with workman arriving ready to fix them on the same day, often within an hour or two.
So, when I came off my bike last night while using a cyclepath that tfl have responsibility for… (workmen’s plastic fencing lying all across it and not spotted by me in the dark – yes I had lights, but the slippery plastic things just weren’t visible until I was on top of them, and in combo with the rain, they made for a fantastic surface to cycle over when you’re not ready for it!!)… I thought tfl might take it seriously.
To be fair I didn’t e-mail them until this morning when I saw the debris was still there, but, as of now (6.30pm) not even a conformation e-mail in response – told them I came off and was injured – shite still stroon across the path – wonder if they would leave a road blocked / in a dangerous condition for a day?
That’ll teach me for using the cyclepath – back on the road this evening!!
Apologies in advance to the more sensitive forum members for the London centric nature of this thread…
I’ve Reported potholes to my local council (Richmond, Surrey) a few times now – on each occasion they have been excellent at responding, with workman arriving ready to fix them on the same day, often within an hour or two.
So, when I came off my bike last night while using a cyclepath that tfl have responsibility for… (workmen’s plastic fencing lying all across it and not spotted by me in the dark – yes I had lights, but the slippery plastic things just weren’t visible until I was on top of them, and in combo with the rain, they made for a fantastic surface to cycle over when you’re not ready for it!!)… I thought tfl might take it seriously.
To be fair I didn’t e-mail them until this morning when I saw the debris was still there, but, as of now (6.30pm) not even a conformation e-mail in response – told them I came off and was injured – shite still stroon across the path – wonder if they would leave a road blocked / in a dangerous condition for a day?
That’ll teach me for using the cyclepath – back on the road this evening!!