A small blow for sanity

True to form over the last few months, Thames Water have been testing the sanity of local residents in Maida Vale. With Thames digging up most of Elgin Avenue once again, traffic flow and parking have been causing major issues and are likely to continue doing so for another month or so. It is another case of one of those 'grit your teeth' moments, whilst watching and jumping on Thames when they step out of line.

We have been in close contact with Thames over the last few weeks and have convinced them to do two things:

• have Thames begin to work on weekends in Elgin Parade - to get them out of this part of Maida Vale as soon as possible and to make sure local businesses don't suffer for any day longer than is necessary
• get out of Wymering Road - to our mind (and local residents) Wymering Road has already suffered more than enough over the last few years as a result of Thames. So, when Thames decided to take up 10 spaces as 'storage' we decided to the contrary and they moved out again very quickly.

We'll keep watching.

Alastair