Will reply to you Kevin in a mo.The arrangment is still there, at this minute. Yesterday there was a workmans head sticking out from under the pavement, but from this distance I can't see any ladies legs doing the same, so I assume all is well.We get the impression that the workers do their best within their knowledge - and the workers look like they have really tried to make the hole safe overnight. No lights and although it might be far fetched, the lump of concrete on the right hand side of this arrangement, holding the pallets in place - on the top of the wall - well if one of the toddlers going past in the morning leans against the pallet to look through the gap and moves the pallet - the concrete block may come a tumbling down? It really makes risk assessment come to life! Why is there no check of the development, by the 'responsible' person in charge of the development, before the builders leave the site? There are many young children living in the street and teenagers off to school in the morning and people wandering back from night parties tonight. All you would expect of a residential road. At least one neighbour reported this anonymously to the Council yesterday morning and I sent in photographs. David Palmers mailbox told me he was out of the office and gave me another person to contact - but there is no apparent system of acknowledging the receipt of an e-mail at the Council. Because of this it is not obvious if enforcement have received the photographs but it is obvious that nobody has come out to check the site and secure it. As I have said previously, if the Council get a call out such as this, and it proves they need to intervene - why don't they automatically issue a fine to cover their costs before discussing any further bills? Each visit to a site should be chargeable.
Sarah Felstead ● 7025d