Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Did you report it to the council, Matthew? If drain gullies are partly blocked they need to know.
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Haringey Council, Tris? With the same question as I put to Matthew. Have they ignored your previous reports?
Do Haringey carry out planned preventative maintenance? As well as posting here, why not ask them?
But in any case, in the past I've suggested that Haringey and Veolia arrange to give street cleaners a mobile phone with the facility to send a photo with GPS co-ordinates. Making it as simple, accurate and fast as possible to report such problems into the system. Like the one below in Granville Road Stroud Green, which I reported in August. Also completely blocked-up and obvious at a glance.
Sadly, you can probably guess the answer from Haringey
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Permalink Reply by Nick G-T on
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Tris, I believe they do. The Ladder's gullies were cleared in the summer. You can tell by the yellow spray paint marking on the kerb above the gullies on all the rung roads.
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Not a problem.
I didn't intend to go out with amateur surveying boots today, but I am slightly surprised that the raised table at the Hermitage Rd/Green Lanes junction allows water into Hermitage Rd rather than sending it further down towards Endymion Rd (didn't spot a gully that side between Hermitage and Endymion either) - perhaps it just looks good in traffic planning terms but does very little, even hydrologically.
Much like the raised tables at T-junctions in the Gardens area - they don't slow down anything except a low-slung sports car and there aren't any humps on the long straight stretches inbetween. Not like the plastic, ugly humps on Hermitage. Or Islington's effective, low-profile, sinusoidal humps on Upper Tollington Park.
That's enough humps for now [Ed.]
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Permalink Reply by matthew cuthbert on
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That reminds me... a raised table on the St Ann's junction with Green Lanes doesn't have a gully, but I'll double check, creating a wollow out front of the Salisbury, not to mention Portland Gardens who's gutters had a consistent foot of water also on Monday night.
I will report it, no point sticking it on Facebook.
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Actually after looking there is a point to posting on media platforms, as it records an approach or catalogues, dealing with issues and sometimes providing solutions,
but don't forget to report it first.
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Checked out front of the Salisbury, it's a blocked Gully like Alan's photo
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Tris, what made me think you may have reported it? Well, because from your posts on HoL you seem to be a thoughtful community-minded person.
But that's not a criticism. On the contrary I realise only too well how dispiriting it can be when we do our bit and the council fails to do the bits which it's paid for.
We completely agree about council and other staff sending in reports of 'streetscene' problems. In fact, for several years I made the same and related points.
As for being a "respected former councillor", I assume you were joking. Even when I was on the Council any such suggestions were usually - though politely - ignored. Haringey a 101 Council - where there are always at least 101 reasons why residents (and 'backbench' councillors) are always wrong. And the "Leader" and senior officers always right.
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I think your methods should be adopted as a case study for newly elected councillors to adopt in their warden role, we could call it the 'Stanton Method.' There's a virus protection software called iStanton, I always smile when I see... this email is protected by iStanton.
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