Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Total failure to grit any roads
Please be careful everyone. None of the ladder roads have been gritted and are covered in treacherous black ice. The pavements are really dangerous. People falling over everywhere including a mum with a buggy.
Any councillors on here…why this has happened when we all knew this cold snap was forecast?
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Permalink Reply by Jrow
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On Wednesday morning as I took my children to school I saw multiple people fall over as they walked along Philip Lane with their children. I helped one older man up who fell heavily on his back. The pavements were all covered in ice. I tried calling Haringey Council, but couldn't get through so I spoke to Veolia who are responsible for gritting the streets and pavements. Veolia said that according to their contract they don't have to do any gritting of pavements at all unless it snows. I emailed the council to complain, but haven't heard anything yet.
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Permalink Reply by RD
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So black ice doesn't count? We endured a six-hour wait in A&E at North Mids on Wednesday after my partner fell over in Muswell Hill. He needed a head CT scan but fortunately had no fractures, just severe facial bruising. He wasn't the only one. A&E was bedlam - filled with so many people who'd fallen over on icy pavements. We waited next to two older women with fractured shoulders, a man with a head injury from falling backwards and a woman whose ankle broke so badly they had to rush her off for an operation. The doctor who saw to my partner said it was the busiest she'd experienced in five years.
Imagine how many of those people, including my partner, would've been unscathed if the borough's pavements and roads had been gritted.
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