Raleigh Rd now used by Haringey Council HGVs.

So after a comment by local Councillor Alan Stanton asking about whether my work on Lausanne Rd had just pushed HGV traffic elsewhere I thought I'd check it out. I don't know what conversations he's overheard around the water cooler in the council but he was right! It appears that although the council no longer illegally bring their HGVs back to their depot in Mary Neuner way along Lausanne Rd, they happily use Raleigh Rd.

Note the timestamps, they're not the same truck.
The first truck noticed me taking his picture so stopped his truck and got out to take mine! Of course I couldn't resist and got to have a chat with him. He says he's allowed to use Raleigh Rd because the sign at the bottom is broken,

He also said that he lives on Hampden Rd and that the sign is missing completely from there (it has been for years) so he's allowed to use that one too. Has anyone other than me reported that sign missing from the top of Hampden? I've reported it just yesterday and months ago and years ago. I also reported the damaged one at the bottom of Raleigh Rd. Now one thing that's changed since is that Willoughby Rd now has a sign up saying that it's 7.5t access only and Wightman Rd has been made explicitly 7.5t access only (previously implicit because of the bridge restriction further down towards Finsbury Park).

Even I can't believe that the council's subcontractors could be so cynical as to avoid my road because I give them a hard time and yet happily use Raleigh Rd. See the previous discussions here and here for further background. Also note that this is not OnTime I'm catching here, it's Veolia.

I don't want to be a complete bastard about this, I'd be happy for council subcontractors to use my street if they'd creep quietly down it and enforce the 7.5t limit for the cowboys in skip trucks etc who make small explosions as they tear down at 30mph.