Unbelievably, according to Haringey Council it takes 8 months to buy a grit bin and install it on our streets.
As I reported in a previous post, in January I passed on to the Council a pile of requests from local residents for more grit bins on Stroud Green’s hilly streets. The Council’s website says “suggestions for new sites are welcome”.
However, I have now got a reply back saying they will decide whether to get the bins in March and then, if they are approved, install them in October. I don’t see why such a simple task needs to take so long.
This week the freezing weather has really returned and it has snowed a couple of times. Yet the Council are acting as if there is no urgency to providing grit bins to residents and seem to think winter is over! Someone needs to lend our Labour Council leaders a calendar.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:42 am
perhaps they are sensibly managing their cash flow. why install grit bins in march when they will not be needed until the follwing winter.