BLOCKED GRID ON CULVERT

THIS CULVERT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CLEANED THREE TIMES PER WEEK IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. I have it in writing but it is totally meaningless. It has now been two months since any one cleared it and now we are coming in to the wet weather we will see this area being flooded right up and through the underpass, as it was last year. Then it freezes over and creates a skating rink.

One of the resons for this blog has been the death in 2000 of Robert Mills in this culvert, when he fell through a missing handrail and died in the burn.

Immediately the council issued a lying statement that the handrail had been inspected the day previous. Those of us who live here were branded liars as we knew the handrail had been broken for months. I went to court to swear to that as did several neighbours.

It seems to me that there is now a campaign of discrimination being practised in the area as some kind of retribution for that, and the neglect and incompetence here is just appalling.

I have a file of letters from managers etc. saying this and that will be done. It seems that anarchy exists within the department responsible for this area, and they just ignore it all. Last week I saw a worker who was scraping at leaves in Glenluce, walk round and look at the grid and then walked back to continue is chat on his mobile, whilst kicking the leaves around. So it is known about.

LAMP POST VANDALISED

This is one of many in the area that have been like this for weeks, very dangerous in an area where lots of kids and pets pass every day.

Dangerous path between Burnbrae and Methven.

This path which leads to Burnbrae from Methven place has not been maintained for years and is allowed to fester in this dangerous condition. It is run over by grass machines and the slabs have gaps between them. The hedge has not been cut for over a year. The steps are overgrown and dangerous. To the left of the picture is the concrete hazard of a play park shown earleir in the Blog.

Graffiti on lockups.

This is one of several patches in the area that we are told cannot be removed as it is on rough cast and apparently no technology exists that can remove it.

Destroyed pedestrian footpath.

This pathway is very heavily used by kids and old folk alike. There are 4 schools in the area and on school days it is very busy. It is also used to go to the shops in Lindores. The council hut/bothy on the right has a drain into or out of it and it leaks on to the path, which is soggy all the time. Grass machines then churn up the area . There is no drainage. Top soil was dumped on the left of the picture and created even more of a flooding problem. This has been reported on Fix My Street and someone left an anonomous remark calling me an "ignorant, arrogant, fool." So somebody has read the report and the response shows who is ignorant and arrogant and a fool. Just look at the history on here.



FIX MY STREET REPORT HERE.

PLASTIC DOG POO BINS NOT A GOOD IDEA IN THESE PARTS.

VANDALISED STREET LIGHT

Another one of the many like this for months.

SEWAGE IN THE BURN

SEWAGE leaking into the burn at Burnbrae. Happens every time it rains.

Graffiti

Apparently it is now beyond SLC to remove this graffiti as it has been sprayed on to roughcast. And despite all the tools and technology available they cannot remove it, so I was told in an e-mail which I now cannot find.

What about painting over it then as I see done on other graffiti in the town.

Play area

This play area as reported by me on many manY occasions is a disgusting health and safety hazard to the wee kids who play there.

Concrete and slabs around the equipment.
No weed control.
Broken slabs.
No litter picking.
Broken glass lies here until a wee old lady from Burnbrae sweeps it up.
Grass machine run over slabs and break them up.
It is used at night as a drinking den and then the buckie bottles get smashed here.

Flooded neglected ruined footpath.

This pathway has been like this now for two years. reported by me many many times. It is a disgrace, and in frosty weather becomes a sheet of ice. The council dumped a load of top soil on the burn side of the path, and so made the flooding deeper and worse than it was. It was as if it was done for cynical reasons. Anyone with half a brain can see what the problem is but it seems to be beyond them to fix all this apart from the lies that they tell when questioned about it all, what a shamefull disgrace. It illustrates perfectly the quality of service we council tax payers receive in this neck of the woods. Incompetence and neglect on a grand scale. There never was a better argument for privatisation of services.

THERE IS A LEAKING PIPE OR DRAIN HERE, BESIDE THE BOTHY, NO ONE HAS DUG ANYTHING HERE.

Bill Macdonald phoned me last week twice to tell me what was being done to rectifiy this. It just is not happening Bill. No digging no drainage nothing.

The paths in this area are shocking and have been for the thiry years I have been here.

Live wires

The panel has been vandalise and the wires are hanging out of the lamp post. Wee kids and pets are in danger of electrocution here.

Note the condition of the footpaths in the background. Unweeded broken and rutted. This from a council that is trying to encourage parents to walk or let their children walk to school.

This footpath his heavily used on school days due to the four schools in the area.

Burnbrae Culvert.

Taken by me today the culvert at Burnbrae as usual not being cleaned and has been like this for weeks.