Friday 9 July 2010

The setts in the Gill are dangerous.




James Airey promised a response to this video by yesterday :

" I am pushing for work to be done on the setts and will have an answer to timescales etc with you before Friday. "


So far , I've received nothing.

Admittedly getting blood out of a stone would be easier than getting a commitment from Cumbria Highways Department.

Who's in charge?

Us - through our councillor or the County Council who appear to be a law unto themselves.

Steam is building up here in the Gill to do this job well ourselves. Work is planned to start in August 2010 . . . . .

Other authorities are being consulted on how the technique of laying the setts without cement is done from experts in Dublin where this is their practice.

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An email just received from James Airey:

From: james.airey@cumbriacc.gov.uk
Subject: setts the Gill
Date: 9 July 2010 07:53:50 BST
To: gd@tygh.co.uk

Dear Geoff

The setts on the Gill were looked at by Highways on Wednesday after I chased them again, a works order has been placed and the work will be done within 6 weeks. Hopefully as soon as possible but no longer than 6 weeks.

Regards James.


(That's by the 20th August)

My reply:

"Many thanks,

What work do they plan to do when they do it?

Will you be supervising/checking it?

Best wishes

Geoff"

A result :

Well done:

What mark out of 10?

Bear in mind the difficulties involved!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

no one cares, 99% of people live somewhere better than the gill anyway

Geoff Dellow said...

That's impossible.

We feel that if you've lived there, you'd be a fool if you wanted to live anywhere else!

Anonymous said...

i have lived there and i have had my house vandalised by the chavs that go and get pissed there when the fair is on. Horrible place to live when the fair is on.

Geoff Dellow said...

I enjoy being part of the whole thing.

Watching the efficiency with which the fair is put up and taken down.

The event ends at 10:00 pm on the dot

No problem with Yobs peeing.

I love the ability to talk to lots of people as they walk past as we sit on our outside bench and mentally give marks out of ten for parking (when the fair's not there).

Anonymous said...

be ok soon when we all paint the cobbles a nice color

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/ulverston/painting-the-town-red-1.732631?referrerPath=home

Geoff Dellow said...

painting looks a great idea - at a quick glance