A response is now in from Transport for London about the Carshalton Pond railings repairs  as recently requested by local councillors Jill, Alan and Hamish. 

Pond Railings in the winter!

 “Thank you for the email.

We did repair the railings as promised in my email of 28th June, but as Cllr Whitehead points out, there was a subsequent vehicle strike. We have nonetheless been able to repair all but one of the posts (and consequently two rails), but have provided temporary fencing. The final post and rails are scheduled to be repaired by early next week.

If we had to use a stronger attachment as Cllr Whitehead suggests, then we would expect the brickwork to be damaged as well in the event of a vehicle strike. This would result in very long repair times and would need to be done in phases to allow the brickwork to cure before the posts could be re-attached. The current design works well as only the bolts are intended to snap off, and this allows us to make prompt repairs.

Kind regards

Christian

Christian van der Nest | Surface Government Relations Manager

TfL Surface Transport, 11th Floor, Zone R3, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

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