Maida Vale Tube: More delays

Delays, delays, delays.

Transport for London have, yet again, pushed back the expected completion date for the Maida Vale tube works - this time from February to early July. This is (by our count) the fourth time they have extended the works time and will mean finishing almost a year after they were originally intended to. This is really unacceptable.

Maida Vale tube currently looks a mess. And it has done for the best part of a year. The continued presence of the scaffolding not only makes Elgin Parade look like a building site, but it is also does nothing to promote community safety or help the businesses next door.

What is particularly disappointing is the attitude of TfL over this issue - a kind of blase "we'll finish when we are ready, it's all the fault of Metronet anyway" approach. Funny that, because when we asked last year (after the original delay) if this had anything to do with Metronet, we were assured this wasn't the case. TfL can't even get their story straight on the excuse for the delays.

Thanks, Ken. Maida Vale is being let down again.

Lee