Residents Association Councillor, Andrew Mann (Havering Park) has this week meet with officers from transport for London to talk about the issues with the long running delays and repair work with the Gallows Corner Fly-Over
The site meeting took place on Wednesday the 13th August, and Cllr Mann was joined by Andy Best (Pictured on left), North London Area Manager and Trevor Williams, Asset Manager for the whole London Network.
Cllr Mann said “I am grateful for TfL for taking the time to brief me on the situation, thousands of motorists and residents have to put up with this part closure for the next 12 months and it was a useful meeting in that I can at least understand what is going on and help convey that message to everyone else”
Cllr Mann also criticised Havering Council for its lack information to local residents, he said “They (the Council) have spent so much time denying they were responsible for any of the previous work and the Cabinet Member for Transport (Mike Armstrong) has been running around with his head in the sand that once again, local residents have to suffer by lack of information”
Cllr Mann was briefed on the recent issues involving the safety barriers that were found to be un-safe during the recent works. Workman uncovered far more rust and corrosion than was expected and it was felt by engineers it would not leave the barriers safe enough in case of an accident on the fly-over.
Cllr Mann was one of the first to hear of the plans by Transport for London to open the fly-over one way. The planned reopening of the flyover was originally set for 2nd June; this was delayed until 28th July because an inspection had identified the need for further works. However, it was then discovered by engineers that even more work is required, involving the steel-railed safety barriers on the flyover, as they are unsafe and will require new barriers to be installed.
However, this work could not be completed with a two way traffic flow and therefore, the flyover has started to operate in only the London Bound (Westward) direction for the foreseeable future. It can not be confirmed at the moment how long this situation will prevail, it has been suggested it could be well over 12 months, but maybe even longer.
At the time, Cllr Mann said “This situation is going from bad to worse, the flyover has already been closed for months causing misery to local residents and commuters, I find it unbelievable in this day and age, that engineers could not have surveyed the structure in more detail before they started the works”.
The site meeting took place on Wednesday the 13th August, and Cllr Mann was joined by Andy Best (Pictured on left), North London Area Manager and Trevor Williams, Asset Manager for the whole London Network.
Cllr Mann said “I am grateful for TfL for taking the time to brief me on the situation, thousands of motorists and residents have to put up with this part closure for the next 12 months and it was a useful meeting in that I can at least understand what is going on and help convey that message to everyone else”
Cllr Mann also criticised Havering Council for its lack information to local residents, he said “They (the Council) have spent so much time denying they were responsible for any of the previous work and the Cabinet Member for Transport (Mike Armstrong) has been running around with his head in the sand that once again, local residents have to suffer by lack of information”
Cllr Mann was briefed on the recent issues involving the safety barriers that were found to be un-safe during the recent works. Workman uncovered far more rust and corrosion than was expected and it was felt by engineers it would not leave the barriers safe enough in case of an accident on the fly-over.
Cllr Mann was one of the first to hear of the plans by Transport for London to open the fly-over one way. The planned reopening of the flyover was originally set for 2nd June; this was delayed until 28th July because an inspection had identified the need for further works. However, it was then discovered by engineers that even more work is required, involving the steel-railed safety barriers on the flyover, as they are unsafe and will require new barriers to be installed.
However, this work could not be completed with a two way traffic flow and therefore, the flyover has started to operate in only the London Bound (Westward) direction for the foreseeable future. It can not be confirmed at the moment how long this situation will prevail, it has been suggested it could be well over 12 months, but maybe even longer.
At the time, Cllr Mann said “This situation is going from bad to worse, the flyover has already been closed for months causing misery to local residents and commuters, I find it unbelievable in this day and age, that engineers could not have surveyed the structure in more detail before they started the works”.
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