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Missing Bollard on Wandle Bank

Reported via desktop in the Damage to Street Furniture category anonymously at 19:22, Mon 29 July 2024

Sent to Merton Council less than a minute later. Council ref: SRQ-1131370-D6X7F1.

The road bollard previously dumped in the river was fished out and reinstated on Friday, 19/7/24. As the bollard cannot be locked in place, someone removed the bollard a few hours later and the bollard has gone missing completely since then. Pedestrians using Wandle Bank are in real danger from being seriously injured or killed by vehicles accessing Wandle Bank when the bollard is not secured in position. This is a safety issue which must be addressed as a matter of urgency. All efforts to date in rectifying this reoccurring problem have failed because the lock is simply removed and the bollard is either thrown in the river - or as is the case now, completely missing. An alternative, more secure means of preventing access to Wandle Bank must be provided quickly before a member of the public comes to harm.

Updates

  • Thank you for reporting this. One of our highways officers will inspect the damage. If it meets our repair criteria, we'll get our contractor to repair it.

    State changed to: In progress

    Posted by Merton Council at 19:31, Mon 29 July 2024

  • We are taking appropriate action or have passed this to the relevant service provider to investigate.

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by Merton Council at 19:01, Thu 1 August 2024

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