Guest 706- Registered: 25 Oct 2010
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29 October 2010
22:3477343Can anyone remember how long it's been like this?
I had an email reply from Kent Highways,but I'm not sure.
I know that it's been a good few months,though.
It's just before you get to McDonalds. Surely if the contractors who were working there dug the paving bricks up then they should have been put back!
What an eyesore.
Sometimes words fail me ,so have a picture.
29 October 2010
22:4477345This is another instance of the council or highways not careing many of our towns councilors pass this spot every day and do they do anything NO
Guest 706- Registered: 25 Oct 2010
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29 October 2010
23:0577348Alan,it's really quite shameful,isn't it?
And as you say,there are many who would see it,surely.
Those actual paving bricks are quite smart really. I wonder what happent to their neighbours
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,894
30 October 2010
07:0677350In somebody's garden I expect.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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31 October 2010
08:2577624Perhaps someone should call into the Dover Business Support Manager and ask him to follow it up ? Wouldn't it be part of his job ?
Roger
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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31 October 2010
08:3577627cllrs have a role roger
as you know
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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31 October 2010
09:1977635Yes of course they do Keith, but so do business support managers, especially in Town.
Roger
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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31 October 2010
09:4777639I have reported this .How many councillors do we have in Dover ???
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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31 October 2010
12:1077672Well done Sue!!!!
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31 October 2010
12:4577677That example of broken paving is very bad, but any others of you who have the misfortune to ride round on a wheelchair will know that this is just par for the course in Dover. The pavements are in a parlous state. Many so-called dropped pavements are not - there is a lip of a couple of inches which is quite hard to negotiate when you are not feeling a hundred per cent. Paving stones are not level, there are holes, and irregularities all over the place which make going out on my own a project to undertake with more than a degree of trepidation.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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31 October 2010
12:4977680I'm sure ouyr shela can tell us more????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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31 October 2010
12:5077681I agree - when my Mother needs to use a wheelchair it is a nightmare trying to navigate the least uncomfortable pathways. and don't get me started about the inconsiderate drivers who park up the pavements meaning buggies, wheelchairs etc can't get past without risking the road.
Sorry Keith - our posts crossed!!!
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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31 October 2010
12:5577684I'm sure sheila amos can tell us more.
We have run a short thread on cars on pavements and quite a lively debate so won't go over that one again
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1 November 2010
11:4377799I am thinking of publishing a short monograph on the various and best ways of navigating Dover town centre on a wheelchair! And don't get me started on getting in and out of shops though may I just say that Marks and Sparks is a nightmare.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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1 November 2010
18:2677876try getting into jjb sports with a buggy or wheelchair.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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2 November 2010
18:1478121i hear that brighthouse have complained about that patch outside macdonalds.
they say that some of their clientele are grazing their knuckles when walking past it.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
2 November 2010
23:1078164The case of the missing block pavements alongside of Macdonalds I have received a reply .The gas contractor is being chased . .
Guest 706- Registered: 25 Oct 2010
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3 November 2010
00:2078188Very good news,Sue!
Thank you.
I have a tracking number from the Highways but I expect they have lots to follow up
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 November 2010
08:4378220Surely they (any contractor) should leave it as they find it ?
Roger
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 November 2010
08:5178221Roger - sometimes it is left with a temporary surface if there is a chance they will need to return to it either because a repair does not work or if it is part of a bigger maintenance matter that will need it dug up again soon after.
They will also lay a temporary surface until a specialist paver can be brought in to make it right.
Sometimes though it just gets left and thats when the Council really must jump all over the contractor.
