Railings blunder means I can’t get on the buses (From Echo)
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Railings blunder means I can’t get on the buses
1:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010 in
BUS passengers have been left scratching their heads after a new shelter was put up...directly behind some old metal railings.
This means passengers must leave the shelter from the back and walk around the front of the structure to hop on their bus.
Neighbours watched in amusement as the new shelter was put up outside St Thomas More High School, in Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff.
Dave Cockerton, 46, who lives in the road, said: “I asked the workmen why they were putting it there and they just said it was where they had been told to put it.
“If the bus pulls up right in front of the shelter, you can’t get on it as the railings are in the way.
“It makes me wonder how much this is costing the taxpayer? The original shelter was taken out and a smaller one put up. Then that was taken away and now we have this. You have to use the path behind the shelter to get out, but it is only about 3ft wide and if you have shopping it’s a bit of a struggle.”
Mehmet Mazhar, Southend Council’s group manager for traffic and highways, said: “We will adjust the railings as soon as possible to ensure unobstructed access.
“We apologise for the temporary inconvenience as a result of our enhancement works, which are due to be completed by the end of April.”
Comments(26)
Luther101
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1:16pm Wed 10 Mar 10
essexboi1989
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1:27pm Wed 10 Mar 10
DannyK86
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1:39pm Wed 10 Mar 10
JuliaM
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2:07pm Wed 10 Mar 10
SARFENDMAN
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2:10pm Wed 10 Mar 10
Nebs
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2:21pm Wed 10 Mar 10
southendreb
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2:21pm Wed 10 Mar 10
ps . what have you enhanced bye the way.
charl3n3
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4:08pm Wed 10 Mar 10
FAIL! lol
clever council :p
Maureen999
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4:40pm Wed 10 Mar 10
anon anon
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4:56pm Wed 10 Mar 10
frank & monty wrote:i think if the council worker had got on his mobile and told his bosses of the '****-up' , then it could have easily been rectified... peanuts and monkeys spring to mind...
If this is an example of the Council's "enhancement works, God help us all when they have 'enhanced' the seafront, Cuckoo Corner, Progress Road, Victoria Circus, etc, etc.
It is beyond belief that the contractor said he was 'only obeying orders' instead of using a bit of common sense. Doh!
nails
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5:05pm Wed 10 Mar 10
firedog
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5:08pm Wed 10 Mar 10
guygrim
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5:49pm Wed 10 Mar 10
frank & monty wrote:common sense is too much to ask for.
If this is an example of the Council's "enhancement works, God help us all when they have 'enhanced' the seafront, Cuckoo Corner, Progress Road, Victoria Circus, etc, etc.
It is beyond belief that the contractor said he was 'only obeying orders' instead of using a bit of common sense. Doh!
guygrim
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5:52pm Wed 10 Mar 10
anon anon wrote:That's common sense and common sense is too much to ask for.
frank & monty wrote:i think if the council worker had got on his mobile and told his bosses of the '****-up' , then it could have easily been rectified... peanuts and monkeys spring to mind...
If this is an example of the Council's "enhancement works, God help us all when they have 'enhanced' the seafront, Cuckoo Corner, Progress Road, Victoria Circus, etc, etc.
It is beyond belief that the contractor said he was 'only obeying orders' instead of using a bit of common sense. Doh!
Felix Billy
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8:45pm Wed 10 Mar 10
imco
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9:02pm Wed 10 Mar 10
woodsman
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10:11pm Wed 10 Mar 10
The__Truth
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11:46pm Wed 10 Mar 10
frank & monty wrote:This time next year Councillor Waite will probably be trying to explain why all the enhancement works have gone massively over budget. But again it won't be her or any of her managers fault. It will probably be the untrained junior that gets the blame. Buy Carillion shares. You read it here first.
If this is an example of the Council's "enhancement works, God help us all when they have 'enhanced' the seafront, Cuckoo Corner, Progress Road, Victoria Circus, etc, etc.
It is beyond belief that the contractor said he was 'only obeying orders' instead of using a bit of common sense. Doh!
southendcritic
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11:50pm Wed 10 Mar 10
whats the problem!
perini
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12:26am Thu 11 Mar 10
siddymint
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7:14am Thu 11 Mar 10
Ah the waite took over as chiarman
I talked to Councillor Aylen who apaerntly knows a thing or two about buses he said
What happend here is the railings were put in for rear enterance buses the shelter was installed for front enterance buses .
He had asked for the railings here and all over Southend to be modiefied for front enterance buses some time ago as the problem was obvious
Ian P
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7:35am Thu 11 Mar 10
What happend here is the railings were put in for rear enterance buses the shelter was installed for front enterance buses". What a load of bull; when was the last time a rear door bus ran through Southend? I went to school by bus in the early 60's on buses run by the Southend Corporation and guess what, almost all of them had front doors even in those days.
Horace Wimpole
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10:57am Thu 11 Mar 10
Luther101 wrote:Er, hello! McFly! What the hell has this got to do with Europe? It's just standard council / workman stupidity, nothing more.
This is just another example of ludicrous European regulations being forced upon us.
imco
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11:08am Thu 11 Mar 10
Please don't blame the workers, they're employed by dictators.
PJR
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1:44pm Thu 11 Mar 10
Felix Billy wrote:I wouldn't like to be standing behind the railings when you do!
You could get a bus through those railings - what's all the fuss about?
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frank & monty says...
1:11pm Wed 10 Mar 10
It is beyond belief that the contractor said he was 'only obeying orders' instead of using a bit of common sense. Doh!