Dangerously uneven roadway at entrance/exit to Cemex works
Reported in the Pavements/footpaths category anonymously at 09:19, Fri 5 March 2010
Sent to Tower Hamlets Borough Council 1 minute later
TfL relocated the pedestrian crossing at the junction of The Highway and Butcher Row last year. Although this was probably done with good intentions, it has created another problem.
Pedestrians now have to walk past the Cemex works on Butcher Row to reach the lights. The entrance/exit road to the plant is dangerously uneven and potholed.
It also floods after small amounts of rain, which makes the trip hazard worse and forces pedestrians to walk onto the carriageway of Butcher Row to avoid the massive puddles, which is clearly very dangerous.
I reported this to TfL last year. Despite chasing them with multiple phone calls and emails the best they have done is send somebody out to inspect the site. However, there appears to have been no follow-up after this inspection and the problem is just as bad as it always was.
It's just a matter of time before somebody trips and breaks a bone or is killed by a vehicle after being forced onto the main road to avoid the puddles.
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LBTH correctly forwarded this to TfL, who are responsible for Butcher Row.
TfL say it the actual fault is the responsibility of Cemex, who own the entrance road.
However, TfL refuse to acknowledge that the safety issue only arose because they moved the nearby pedestrian crossing. The new location of the crossing forces pedestrians to walk past the Cemex entrance road, which was not previously the case. Therefore, it is only because of TfL's actions that pedestrians are now exposed to this hazard.
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