Hours after Redbridge workers carefully laid out fresh soil for planting next to a significant road improvement scheme, some nitwit walked all the way through it like it was a pile of leaves.
The new bit of pavement significantly reduces the width of the end of Nightingale Lane where it meets Nelson Road, outside the Duke. The junction has been perilous for pedestrians even before they’ve been to the pub because it was just so wide – it was perfectly possible to start crossing with no cars in sight, only for two or three to arrive by the time you got to the middle of the road.
So the improvements, and planting are welcome indeed. Now the grass just needs to be allowed to grow.