EDF Energy has agreed to put a roof on the electricity substation at Chettle Court on Ridge Road after a seven year old boy climbed in to the site to fetch a football. I asked Homes for Haringey (who manage the Chettle Court housing estate) to urgently make the site safe after the boy’s mother told me about the incident in August, and I’m really pleased that as a result EDF have now said they will take action.
The substation has no roof and is next to an area where children play football. Residents had planted prickly bushes around the walls to discourage children from climbing in – but they said these were ripped out by Haringey Council some years ago. Not only did the child risk electrocution by climbing in, but he could have been trapped – as the substation is like a pit, it is much harder to climb in than out.
It was only because of the Chettle Court Residents Association that I found out about this incident – it goes to show how residents associations can have an impact in making their area safer.