| Topic: | Collision and dividing | |
| Posted by: | Raymond Havelock | |
| Date/Time: | 29/08/21 11:14:00 |
| Hounslow and Ealing must be colluding. Hounslow are masters of appeasing local groups and keeping them at arms length but doing what they want regardless. They are less blunt than Ealing but equally manipulative. The Swyncombe Ave episode is a clear example. No proper consultation only residents of one road, perfect to divide and rule. Closure of Occupation Lane, using huge problems in particular for the mainly volunteer based transportation of elderly patients who cannot Walk of Cycle is another example. Hounslow imposed it but it is clearly marked as a road in the London Borough of Ealing. The strretiname signs state that and LBE funded the resurfacing and smoothing of the road for ramp ambulances just a few years ago after a long campaign. The street lighting is also Ealing PFI installed and maintained. Ealing Highways chief has refused to respond on this as have all ward councillors. Whilst a Hounslow Councillor claims it as a victory. Never mind the costs incurred by volunteers and carers or the 10 mins extra it takes to get patients there, late and missed appointments and the inconvenience to staff and visiting consultants. In the meantime the Lane is now a haven for drug dealing, and far to unsafe for walking along day or night. No-one will hear you scream. It's stupid and reckless and shows how it's all about gestures and egos and far from common sense and understanding the need for practical accessibility to a Hospital that specialises in rehabilitation for those who are least able to get about easily. How those councillors who stayed silent and those who crow about their 'success' sleep at night one will never know. Pleasing their masters is obviously far more important than serving the community. Ealing are now doing overtime on how to divide and rule further whereas Hounslow have decided that they know best and will ignore a majority of reasoning. They are simply using a divide and rule method fooling the residents, while both doing exactly what they want. And it is not just LTNs but most other things they get their mitts on. |