Fixed
Loud ‘clanging’ drain grill near ‘Easdens’
Sent to Bromley Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 3541052.
As per attached 10am Saturday 21 May photos.
Updates
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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
Posted by Bromley Council
at 12:10, Sat 21 May 2022
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We have investigated this report and found the issue to be the responsibility of Thames Water. We have therefore referred the enquiry to Thames Water. Future issues with Thames Water infrastructure can be reported directly to Thames Water via: http://www.thameswater.co.uk/ 16266.htm
Posted by Bromley Council
at 11:33, Tue 24 May 2022
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It’s a roadside drain grill covering the gulley....
As the statutory highways authority this is the responsibility of the London Borough of Bromley Highways Department NOT Thames Water, who supply potable water and take away waste water/soil in the sewerage system......
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This issue remains outstanding and is getting worse and the cover is possibly unsafe please address urgently regardless of whether it is the water authorities cover
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I personally reported the manhole cover to Thames Water today. They attended site and advised that the manhole / cover is not there asset. They advised this recontacting Bromley Council. The matter has now been outstanding since May
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Our contractor has been notified to take the appropriate action.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 13:22, Thu 1 September 2022
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Further works are necessary to resolve the issue and have been scheduled for action.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 12:59, Thu 8 September 2022
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Appropriate action has been taken to resolve the issue.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 09:12, Tue 13 September 2022
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The issue of the clanking drain has not been resolved. Work was completed yesterday (13 Sep) to build up the road surface around the drain but the actual drain cover has not been replaced and continues to make a loud noise when cars drive over it. This is evident by stepping on the cover so it is difficult to understand how this was considered to be resolved. The actual manhole cover and possibly its frame require replacement.
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This would appear to be a repeat of the FAILURE of the Council’s contractor to replace a badly fitting drain grill; a few weeks after the debacle of the LOUD clanging drain grill that required a number of attempts following repeated complaints at the Watts Lane/Morley Road junction approaching the pedestrian refuge/width restrictor.
This is NOT acceptable....
I will copy this report to the Lead Councillor, Cllr Nicholas Bennett and Messrs Brand, Warner and Cowan so that a PROPER repair can be expedited by the Council’s contractor forthwith......
I/we cannot WASTE our time REPEATEDLY reporting on the REPEATED FAILURES of the council’s contractor(s) to do what they are paid for (presumably, following default penalties...)
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The order for this repair has been raised with the Council’s contractor and remains outstanding within their planned schedule of works.
Please continue to bear with us. We anticipate an early resolution to this report from this point in time.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 10:22, Wed 28 September 2022
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Further works are necessary to resolve the issue and have been scheduled for action.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 14:11, Mon 3 October 2022
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Our contractor has been notified to take the appropriate action.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 17:09, Tue 18 October 2022
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Our contractor has been notified to take the appropriate action to remove the cones and previous gully frame. This will be completed shortly.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 17:40, Mon 31 October 2022
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Appropriate action has been taken to resolve the issue.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 15:28, Thu 3 November 2022
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The drain cover and frame have indeed been changed, unfortunately the replacement is also clanging when cars drive over it and hence the matter remains in unresolved . The problem seems to be that the drain cover comprise of two triangular cast sections and inherently lacks stability. This was the same design as the previous cover and it was surprising that the same type has been used for the replacement. There was an opportunity to use a single cast cover. Please reinstate this fault and take appropriate action.
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Our contractor has been notified to take the appropriate action.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 11:51, Fri 11 November 2022
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Photos as at 10am Saturday 19 November attached.
You can see the surrounding tarmac round the replacement (but still ‘clanging’ (albeit not as loudly as before)) Inspection cover is breaking up, presumably as a result of the energy transmitted from the ‘clanging’ cover to the surrounding road surface.....
Please ensure this time that the contractor does the job properly.....
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Remedial works have been completed.
Thank you for using Fix My Street.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 10:40, Wed 23 November 2022
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Thank you for using FixMyStreet to report your concerns to Bromley.
Posted by Bromley Council
at 15:13, Wed 23 November 2022
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