Ivydale Rd - chaos reigns

A brief update to say I'm getting a lot of complaints about the roadworks on Ivydale Rd.

It seems that after consulting in February the council failed to write back to residents to tell them what they had actually decided to do - the answer is that a small majority were in favour of the pinch points and so they are going ahead (see here for the original plans, they haven't changed much since then and here for my views on the scheme).

What's more the communications regarding the closures, parking restrictions and bus diversions seem to be entirely inadequate. The signage in the area is also pretty hopeless and despite this residents are under threat of having their cars lifted if they get in the way of the works (and then being charged for it!).

I've sent numerous emails and had a number of phone conversations with council officers about this, but nothing seems to have changed. I've tried to speak to LibDem Cllr Paul Kyriacou (the Executive Member for Transport) about it, but he's gone away for 3 weeks and his out of office rather unhelpfully only suggests an alternative contact for issues in South Bermondsey!

Anyway, I shall keep trying. Today I'm meeting a senior officer from the Highways department to go through the complaints. Will post further soon.

UPDATE 12.30pm
The meeting went well. Officers agree that the information has been poor and are writing a new letter to be hand delivered over the next couple of days. They will run it past me this afternoon or tomorrow and I'll post it here. They are looking into local signage and are having meetings with TfL about bus diversions.

The road work will stop for two weeks over xmas and the road will be reopened from Friday evening till 5th Jan. All work on the section from the junction with Linden Grove to Athenlay Rd are expected to be finished by 20 Feb, then work will start on the section from Athenlay Rd to Cheltenham Rd.

Oh, and they aren't going to charge people if they have to move parked cars, but would appreciate it if people could move cars when the no parking cones and signs appear so they don't have to lift and move them down the road.