The FOCUS team did a walkabout around the ward with senior officers of Sutton Council last week to look at environmental matters.

Jill and Alan with Council Officers at Shorts Road having inspected the repairs to the railway bridge

We discussed and looked at local matters such as the Westcroft Leisure Centre redevelopment (as reported previously), a visit to The Grove Park (where some trees may need to be inspected by council officers if they’re decaying/dead along the northern boundary), the recent painting of one-way arrows to the roads of the Carshalton Railway Station Approaches (in the wrong direction), the footpath between West Street and Shorts Road (where there have been problems with dog fouling of the footpath), the issues relating to traffic diversions etc. for the repairs to the railway bridge at Shorts Road and the imminent repairs to the railway bridge in Carshalton Road (near Harrow Road) as well as issues concerning the development of the 44 new flats at 229-245 Carshalton Road.