Gasworks on Blake Hall Road have made the traffic there even more of a pain than usual. There’s no shortage of venting on Twitter and elsewhere, and lots more to come after it was announced that the roadworks would go until October.
@nationalgriduk How long are the road works on Blake Hall Rd , London (E12) going to be in place? The traffic is a nightmare! #noshowworkmen
— LMAPPY (@LMappy) July 28, 2015
@RedbridgeLive @nationalgriduk @RedbridgeBlue Why is no one working at #BlakeHallRoad? Causing chaos for far longer than necessary.
— Gary (@Glitch33) August 1, 2015
Just to make the road works at blake hall road even better the temporary traffic lights are now not working #class @TfLTrafficNews
— Frank Kain (@FrankKain) July 31, 2015
Seems the gas works on Blake Hall Road Wanstead will last until 30 October 2015. *kills self*
— Lucretia Borgia (@lucretiaborgia1) July 31, 2015
@TheWansteadtap as a pedestrian/runner, Blake Hall Road is always Blake Hell Road. Crossings set so far in favour of drivers it is obscene.
— Scott McMillan (@s_mcm_) July 30, 2015
@Wansteadium Appalling traffic conditions Blake Hall Road, Aldersbrook Road junction again. Avoid if poss – holes dug, no workers on site
— Avril York (@Threadtangle) July 24, 2015
But it’s not all bad news.
Despite tonight staring into bleak abyss of road works on Blake Hall Rd until end of Oct, on + side, found lost Kitchenaid mixer attachment
— Luci Gosling (@lucigosling) July 27, 2015
Concur with Gary’s comments above regarding drivers wilfully ignoring the lights.
so what can we do about it?
anyone going past on a healthy walk (or maybe not with those car fumes!) that can take a pic of the reference number and we start to lobby the bods doing the work? Let’s get the number and start putting some pressure on…. afterall its going to massively affect school traffic/attendance come september when we will be seeing even longer queues..
Any takers?
ps wasn’t it nice and quiet yesterday when the roads were shut
Next Wednesday’s tube strike is going to be extra unpleasant.
Re Gas Works[If works is right word]-just a few points
1]Put in by the Victorians [so I’m told] who made things to last
2]Repairs needs are usually botched up jobs as they use cheap materials these days-not done with the same care and conviction as originals.
3]Lets as contact the repairers[that’s what there supposed to be doing] and ask them why when we go pass[Give time and dates]no work being done
Wonder what excuse-sorry reason they will come up with
If you can, consider riding a bike instead.