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.