Riverside Drive in West End was inundated during the recent floods and once the waters subsided, the road was left with a cover of thick, brown sludge. It was left like that for almost three weeks, despite the fact that it is a very popular road for cyclists and joggers alike. I'm guessing the alleged water shortage prevented the road from being cleaned up sooner.
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| Riverside Drive during the January Floods |
The other day Council workers arrived to conduct a "clean up" of the road, leaving much of the silt and dirt behind - and then it rained, turning the road into an extremely hazardous and slippery thoroughfare, just in time for the peak-hour cycling traffic.
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| This is the road after the clean-up! |
And one by one, they
dropped like flies slid and skidded across the road. Horror screams, grazed elbows and knees, twisted bicycles - it was awful to witness. Perhaps someone complained because at 10.30pm that night, just in time for bed, a street sweeper arrived. It was driven up and down that road for approximately five hours, and despite the noise and carry-on for most of the night, I expected the road to be squeaky clean the following morning.
But this is what we woke up to:
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| A cyclist with suspected spinal injuries |
More carnage - and it continued throughout the weekend. Is this another flood-related Council stuff up?
Yikes!
ReplyDeleteThat is awful!
Daddy R cycles to work and I would be so upset to know that the council had knowingly put him in harms way by neglecting the bike paths!
I often think that council has a lot of answer for...especially regarding bikes...the money spent of those ridiculous City Bike things for example could have been much better spent on improving bike paths all over the city!
I hope that council cleans up their act soon!
Oh that's just awful.
ReplyDeleteHow terrible! Hope the cyclist is ok now.
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