Cllr. Hamish Pollock reports: I have taken up with council officers some recent residents’ complaints about street cleaning in the north west part of the Carshalton Central neighbourhood.

A Soggy and Leafy Time of Year

Following the recent and seemingly never-ending bout of very bad wet weather, I have received complaints about a lot of leaves on Colston Avenue (south side pavement going towards Westmead Road, which has been a regular problem) and also Westmead Corner and Westmead Road itself, the problem has been exacerbated by the rain which seems to pool on the very uneven surface of the pavements around Westmead Corner.    On Ringstead Road, in places outside some of the flats, the leaves are now turning into a mulch and the gutters are thick with leaves well onto the road itself.  Most of the dead leaves are blocking the drains and preventing the rain water from draining away; this is a problem year-round by the way. We hope that in future the Council’s street cleaners will try to keep the drains clear which causes all the pooling of water.  The corner of Ringstead Road and Carshalton Road right up to the corner of Carshalton Grove has a similar problem, and also in the other direction up to bus stop.