Political Storms Ahead

Forecast Summary

Today
Some bright or sunny spells but staying cold after a
widespread frost early on, and with some wintry
showers likely, particularly across parts of Norfolk.

Tonight

Staying very cold. Gradually clouding over with snow
spreading from the northwest to all parts. This will
lead to some accumulations, especially later, also
some very icy conditions......

......and that’s my concern...”icy conditions” and Brentwood High Street – or the paving to be precise. I’m going to say it – IT’S SLIPPERY. The paving in Brentwood High Street is tricky to walk on and especially so when wet, snowy or icy. People slip over on the new paving. Not sure how much clearer I can be.

£7 million on a slippery High Street. It beggars belief.

"> I saw a tweet this morning from a Brentwood resident alerting Brentwood Council of the fact that she observed a ‘fit and able’ man slip over on the paving. No response or acknowledgement.

And when will there be an acknowledgement of the terrible state of the paving in Brentwood High Street. When will we see repairs?

I am a frequent pedestrian in Brentwood High Street, not least because the right hand (Post Office) side is part of my ward (Brentwood South). Clearly the paving needs serious attention. Yet I have not been made aware of any plans to address the cracked and uneven slabs, the chunks of paving stones missing and seesawing kerb stones – despite The Labour Group reporting these issues repeatedly. A walk along Brentwood High Street now requires such careful navigation that I would expect to have seen a regular repair team in place over the last few months. If you have building work done at home and the work begins to crack or chunks fall off – you would be within your rights to call the builders back to make good. Where are the High Street contractors? Why are they not putting it right?

I would also expect to see some sort of update from Essex and Brentwood Council - accepting the problem, warning people to take care especially in wet or icy conditions and informing residents about plans to address the issue.

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