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Roundabout incredibly stiff and equipment and surfaces old or damaged

Reported via mobile in the Playground Repairs category anonymously at 22:01, Fri 2 May 2025 using FixMyStreet Pro

Sent to Bromley Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7517081.

The roundabout has become very stiff and difficult even for adults to push.

The surfaces are uneven and dangerous and some of the equipment is tired and in need of replacing.

Updates

  • Thank you for your report, this is now being investigated. Information on our services and the timeframes we aim to respond in can be found: http://www.bromley.gov.uk/ fixservices

    State changed to: In progress

    Posted by Bromley Council at 22:02, Fri 2 May 2025

  • We are continuing to investigate and working to resolve this report

    Posted by Bromley Council at 18:31, Mon 5 May 2025

  • Our contractor has been notified to take the appropriate action.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 10:28, Wed 28 May 2025

  • Thank you for reporting this issue. We have referred this to a play specialist to dismantle and investigate this issue.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 08:12, Wed 25 June 2025

  • Thank you for your continued patience. We have the repairs works for this roundabout booked in for week commencing 11th August.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 16:25, Thu 24 July 2025

  • Thank you for your patience. During the repair, on 13th August, the play specialist encountered issues. Whilst 4 old fixings have been replaced, the roundabout is still not working as it should and requires new bearings. Unfortunately, this means more extensive repairs are required than originally anticipated and a revision to the original quotation. We have been advised the roundabout is not a health and safety concern.

    We will update this FMS with an ETA for the repair as soon as we have further feedback from the specialist.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 08:47, Wed 20 August 2025

  • We are continuing to investigate and working to resolve this report

    Posted by Bromley Council at 08:18, Mon 6 October 2025

  • Thank you for your continued patience. We will be replacing the roundabout as it is no longer serviceable. This FMS will be updated with an installation date as soon as we have one confirmed from the supplier.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 11:59, Fri 10 October 2025

  • Our contractor has been notified to take the appropriate action.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 12:01, Fri 10 October 2025

  • Thank you for your continued patience. We are awaiting an update on when the replacement to the roundabout is in stock and will update further when this has arrived, following which we will schedule an installation date with our Play Specialist.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 11:08, Fri 7 November 2025

  • Thank you for your continued patience. We are awaiting an update on when the replacement to the roundabout is in stock and will update further when this has arrived, following which we will schedule an installation date with our Play Specialist.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 08:50, Tue 16 December 2025

  • We have received notification from the play specialist that the shipment of the replacement equipment will arrive in early February. Once we have confirmation of shipment, we will schedule in the installation. Thank you for your continued patience.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 09:44, Thu 18 December 2025

  • We have received notification from the play specialist that the shipment of the replacement equipment will arrive in early February. Once we have confirmation of shipment, we will schedule in the installation. Thank you for your continued patience.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 14:40, Friday 2 January 2026

  • We are pleased to say that we will shortly be installing a popular accessible alternative carousel, which offers similar play value.

    We are waiting for the installation date, which we anticipate to be early Spring 2026.

    We will now close the enquiry; however, we will keep the valued customer updated directly.

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by Bromley Council at 11:35, Friday 16 January 2026

  • Thank you for using FixMyStreet to report your concerns to Bromley.

    Posted by Bromley Council at 11:37, Friday 16 January 2026

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