Lo and behold, temporary lights for works due for completion by 4th September remain in place tonight, over a week since the work started.Bearing in mind I've never seen any labour working on site I presume this means the lights will remain in place until Monday 10th at the earliest.It is clearly causing havoc for the emergency services, who use the road all the time, so presumably response times to emergencies locally are being significantly affected.Not exactly a pleasant environment for the residents of the various old and new developments along this stretch either.When I last inspected the roadworks on Wednesday evening, it appeared all that was left to do was to fill in three large holes (each around 45cm deep) and resurface the road. I might wander down later, but I wonder if anything further has been done ?.These are situations when Officers should be able to use this forum simply to provide a factual update on the reason why the works have over-run, anticipated completion time etc.Because otherwise, sat here as a resident, all I ever see on the streets of Hounslow are highway works running considerably behind schedule, being undertaken by labour who simply don't work a full day, and who are under absolutely no pressure (or threat) from the Council to get things finished on time or face the consequences.Now what I see may well, as I know only too well, be completely wrong, and it's why I try to reserve judgement because I know how frustrating it must be if the likes of CCF are running around like headless chickens behind the scenes doing their very best, and then some resident sat on their backside has a public moan.However, if a Council fails to engage, perception is all the residents have to go on...
Adam Beamish ● 4717d