Off to talk to the County Councillors at Kendal again!

Once again, I shall be presenting a petition from the people of Ulverston to the Local Committee, that meets in the County Hall, Kendal.

Last time it was about the lack of supervision of the Contractors that dug up our cobbles in Market Street and that they were not made to return to reinstate the road surface as they are legally required to do.

That time the Highways Department ran circles round the Councillors in what appeared to be an episode of "Yes, Minister" so that they hadn't a clue that in fact they had been hoodwinked with the answer that "Sorry we don't have enough money to do the work" which didn't even attempt to answer the original question.

Fortunately, our independent approach to United Utilities through one of their employees received a very positive response:

United Utilities reported that :

1. they had never been approached by the County Highways Department

2. in spite of it being beyond the two year limit for their legal liability, they would return and repair the surface of all their holes - approximately ten - that ran the full length of Market Street. They were concerned that Ulverstonians were unhappy with their workmanship.

Message received : It does in fact pay to kick up a fuss!

This time I have tried to keep my question simple (though the grammar could be improved!):

As a substantial number of the road markings in Ulverston still remain extremely faint and in some cases illegible and,

If it is so important to Ulverston people to get these markings repainted in the next month, and the County is unable to do the work, is there any alternative to Ulverstonians doing the painting themselves?

The wording of the petition is:

Repainting the Road Markings in Ulverston

The situation has got so bad that over 50% of the white markings in the town including Halt, Roundabout and in particular the Zebra Crossing at the top of Brewery Street are extremely faint. We request that the County deal with this problem within the next few weeks as it can be quite dangerous in some cases.

The work specified above has in fact since been done, however there remain some glaring examples of work that has been ignored!

It will be fascinating to hear the response!