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Filling a hole
The saga of road repairs and drains rumbles on. Reader Warren Parry, who wrote to Steve Sharma following my last post, had a rather interesting response, which Warren was kind enough to post in the comments to my last post. … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, cycling, Environment, Events, Followups, Interesting photos, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, Cycle rides, cycling, flood, Glyn Oliver, Gully, Gully cleaning, Knaves Court, Lichfield Sreet, Local politics, New Photos, New ring road, potholes, Press Office, Reservoir, road maintenance, Sandhills, Shire Oak, Silly, standing water, Steve Sharma, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Warren Parry
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Without due care and attention
Readers will no doubt be aware of my recent posts here about the state of the roads locally. Of prime concern has been the flooding at Anchor Bridge in Brownhills, but also the condition of storm drains and potholes generally. … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, cycling, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, Cycle rides, cycling, flood, Glyn Oliver, Gully, Gully cleaning, Knaves Court, Lichfield Sreet, Local politics, New Photos, New ring road, potholes, Press Office, Reservoir, road maintenance, Sandhills, Shire Oak, Silly, standing water, Steve Sharma, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Street life
It seems difficulties with roads, drains and the like have come to the fore lately. From the atrocious situation at Anchor Bridge, in Brownhills, where the new, flagship development of Knaves Court is regularly bathed in mud and slurry, to … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, cycling, Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged Anchor Bridge, bad drainage, bad drains, blocked drains, Brownhills, Cycle rides, cycling, David Evans, flood, Knaves Court, Lichfield Sreet, Local politics, New Photos, New ring road, potholes, Reservoir, road maintenance, Sandhills, Shire Oak, Silly, standing water, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Up the junction
Walsall’s new ring road, by bicycle, on a dull weekday morning. And they wonder why we think it’s crap.
Posted in cycling, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Just plain daft, Shared media, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged cycle cam, Cycle rides, Cycling in Walsall, New ring road, planning, Redevelopment, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Ring Road
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Cutting through the bullshit
I just thought I’d point up an excellent post on the Pigblog by regular Brownhills Blog reader and commentator, The Stymaster. Just lately, there’s been a publicity push underway on Walsall’s ill-fated Gigaport project, which has led to some astonishment … Continue reading
Posted in Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, planning, Shared media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged BT, Cheap tat, Express & Star, gigaport, local blogs, Local politics, Mike Bird, New ring road, planning, Politics, Redevelopment, Silly, Traffic signals failure, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Housing Group, Walsall politics
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The first green shoots…
Spotted by [Howmuch] last week, I photographed it today… somewhere on the new ring road. Nice new pavement, already succumbing to weeds. Another indicator of the attention to detail shown throughout the project. How long before they’re relaying it? I … Continue reading
