Once again Thames Water sorry Turd Water has caused gridlock in SE23. Due to them doing roadworks and reducing the Waldram Park Road down to one way traffic with controlled lights by the railway bridge for the third time now.

Due to the chaos with the traffic it took me over twenty minutes on the bus to get from Horniman Museum to Waldram Crescent were it terminated and had to get the following bus to Catford on my return from Ladywell with heavy shopping got the P4 back to try and avoid the South Circular and took over 30 minutes from Honor Oak Road (Benson Road) to get to Horniman Park stop

Local Authorities such as Lewisham Council just hand out highway permits like confetti willy nilly and the public has to put up with the total incompetent of Turd Water as they are NOT fit for purpose as their can't manage their network sufficiently the many other times locally they have failed to repair their pipes like Honor Oak was closed for about two weeks and dug and left unattended for two days. Also the bottom of my road the pipe burst twice and was closed for about three weeks in total and again the residents had to used a unmade private road unfit for vehicles to used and cause damage to them and no large emergency vehicles such as fire engines could get access due to the layout of the road and putting residents at severe risk to lives. Also in the quiet part of Stanstead Road were pipes was been replaced the site was left unattended for large parts of the time sometimes for over a week.

I am fed up with Thames Water and their total incompetent managing their network and are withholding my Water bill if only 10% of the Forest Hill population did the same this would cause an bigger backlog of courts appearances. It would make them think how they could improve the service

These water directors who are on £2m per year but does not supply an sufficient service and are totally unfit to run the business Also the Head of the Lewisham Council Highways Department needs to be held to account for their actions and should have the power to charge their companies by the hour for road closures of say £250,00 per hour and £2m deposit.

Everyone SE23 resident should contact by E-mail or phone the three 'invisible' useless ward councillors and complaint about Thames Water performance.

Councillor Peter Bernards
Bus. phone: 020 8314 9927 Email: peter.bernards@lewisham.gov.uk
Councillor Sophie Davis
Bus. phone: 0208 314 3493 Email: Sophie.Davis@lewisham.gov.uk
Councillor Billy Harding
Bus. phone: 0208 3147966 Email: Billy.Harding@lewisham.gov.uk

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