Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Over 250 PI claims over Haringey's broken pavements
Over 250 claims for personal injury following trips on broken pavements have been made from Haringey Council over the past two years.
A Freedom of Information request revealed that 159 claims were made during the 2010 to 2011 financial year, with 119 people claiming between March 2011 and April 2012, says The Haringey Independent
The figures come less than six months after Haringey was named by the Department of Transport as having the worst maintained roads in the country.
One in five of the borough’s A roads were deemed in need of maintenance, which was the highest figure out of all authorities in the UK.
Source: The Haringey Independent
Links: Fed up of tripping over badly maintained pavements?
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Permalink Reply by Sarah_24 on
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Since I have started to walking more in the borough at nights the conditions of the pavements have horrified me. Every time I go out for a walk I either trip over something sticking up or nearly twist my ankle in a hole that shouldn't be there and that is when you can get to the pavements as so many are currently under construction of one type or another. They are in very bad condition but is there anything we can do to improve the situation?
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Opps didn't see the link up posted, I will take a note this evening and contact my councillor. Thanks
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Permalink Reply by Neville Collins on
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No wonder the council claims there always short of money. Failure to deliver basic services will cost all taxpayers in the long run, as more of us have to resort to using the law to get anything done.
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Cllr Nagi Amadou, our local West African councillor, has asked me to make it clear that none of those 278 scamps and compo chasers suffered their supposed personal injuries on the pavements of Effingham Road. She is also happy to report that she has had no such complaints in the eight months of this financial year, nor does she envisage any arising. She resents the OP of this discussion linking to an earlier diatribe this year as well as several examples of scurrilous innuendo since 2010. She wishes to clarify that the pavements of Effingham Road are laid with alternating Carrara and Pentelic marmoreal slabs on their inner half only, while the outer stretches near the carriageway are finished in porous travertine disguised as high spec tarmacadam. She further adds that, whatever his detractors may say of the late Cllr Brain Leahy, the man had a sense of style coupled with a fitting deference towards his seniors in the Party. If the beautification of the Mayoral Avenue cost the local peóns the paltry sum of £100K, who's effing pennypinching in so good a cause?
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Lest we forget that in doing up Effingham Rd more than half of the borough's pavement's budget was spent on that one road. It gets more and more disgusting. What an effing waste.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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And lest we forget, accurate facts are usually a good idea. Apparently, John, you have the figures. So please let's all see 'em.
(Tottenham Hale ward councillor - Real Labour. "A harsh critic" - Joe Goldberg)
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Still waiting. And not just apparently.
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And apparently there was a request under the Freedom of Information Act on this. Which I formally asked for. But there was no record.
Anyone able to help with facts on that F.o.I. request?
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Failure to deliver basic services will cost all taxpayers in the long run, as more of us have to resort to using the law to get anything done
Neville: I've thought the same thing. Sometimes the council makes good decisions and sometimes they make bad decisions.
In the case of the latter, on the rare occasions where members of the public feel strongly enough to take the council to court, the council will treat their bad decision as simply another council decision to be defended, at all costs, come what may, right or wrong.
High – and unnecessary – legal costs are only one of the drawbacks. The main ones are: the retention of poor staff, retention of poor officers and continuing poor service to the public.
It is a great pity that things have come to this and that the threat of legal action is the only way for the council to face up, briefly, to the consequences. It shouldn't be like this and the council should be run far more efficiently.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Just to add to this news re compensation
Substantial compensation has been paid by Homes for Haringey to a man brain-damaged after a fall caused by a pothole. Story here
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