Shirland Road: Gotcha.

I don't think it's much of a secret that we are increasingly unhappy with the way Thames Water are carrying out their pipe improvement programme in Maida Vale (see here). Thames seem determined to highlight that all the things they have been accused of in the past - disinterested in billpayers and local residents, uncommunicative, haughty and overbearing - are, apparently, quite scarily accurate.

Last night was another opportunity for Thames to shine. Walking down Shirland Road to visit some local residents, I noticed (sad that I look, I know) that Thames were still occupying a fair number of parking spaces which they should have vacated earlier in the month. Not cricket. When the parking suspension is over, gentlemen, that generally means move the digger/skip/detritus and fill in the holes.

This is plainly unacceptable for local residents and Shirland Road. Westminster doesn't have enough parking spaces for everyone who needs them, and the situation is only exacerbated when disinterested utilities blatantly 'forget' to vacate them once their alloted time is up.

We await an answer from Thames.

Lee