Road Works …

 18th April, 2018

Yeah … 

 You’ll excuse the lack of a shirt, there, but I’ve just had a walk: just to get a bit of exercise.

And found that, just around the corner from where I live — on Rollason Way, in Brentwood — workmen building at the junction with Warley Hill … have closed off half the street.

Building a building that many in the area have long opposed, for a mix of reasons.

For some years, now?

I’ve been concerned that the various planning decisions in my area mean getting police cars down my street is hard.

Getting ambulances and small delivery vans down it, harder.

Getting a fire engine down the street?

Extremely hard, indeed.

I’m also very aware that this wee, one of my neighbour’s smoke detectors went off.

At least once a day, over the course of three days, as a result of smoke generated by frying bacon!

Fire engines were called out, each day, to deal with it.

This was before the workmen narrowed the street.

~≈§≈~

Right now?

I’m grateful that those fire engines came out for nothing more serious than a smoke detector going off.

And very aware, having asked the firemen about it,  they they found it difficult to get to, and down, Rollason Way.

Between badly parked cars, and OTHER badly parked cars.

Right now?

I’m aware that the junction of Saint James Road and Warley Hill has been narrowed by construction workers.

Meaning emergency vehicle access, for the duration, is substantially worse than it was.

I’m understandably — STILL — concerned that someone on my street will be killed in a fire: as a result of these delays.

I’ve only been saying that for a decade …