Local Cllr. Jill Whitehead has reported numerous potholes in Rossdale having inspected the road surface recently. She said:
“I have received a lot of complaints about potholes and the state of the road surface in Rossdale (a cul de sac) from a number of residents. They believe some of these to be dangerous to pedestrians in this road where a lot of elderly people live. This school is also next to Shorts Road and suffers from a lot of overflow parking from people travelling to and from St. Philomena’s school and the car boot sales there. The road is also used by railway Carshalton station commuters and Carshalton football club users.”
On inspection, she found pot holes in the road outside nos 4, 6, 10, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22 and 26. There are also a number of different road surfaces which does not help, and a number of pothole cracks have arisen between these different surfaces (e.g. outside nos 10 and 12 and outside nos 6, and 17/19).
The double yellow lines also need repainting at the entrance to Rossdale and in particular outside no 4 Rossdale which is a slight cul de sac off a cul de sac. The residents are petitioning their neighbours for something to be done, and have asked for a new road surface rather than more infilling of potholes.
Jill has asked officers if they will be doing works soon in Rossdale either to repair the potholes or put in a new road surface? This road has also had problems with drains and water soakaways which have probably made the potholes worse. More in a future posting…
Rossdale road name sign repainted as requested by local councillors