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Edinburgh City Council is to deploy a two-man team to pre-empt expensive lawsuits by trawling the streets of the Capital in search of cracked pavements in need of repair.
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"Two-man team to scour streets for cracked pavement"
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Posted 10 years ago #
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A crack team?
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Two men? For all of the pavements in the city? Uncracked pavements by 2132?
Posted 10 years ago # -
With the great many miles Edinburgh cyclist spend on the pavement maybe just fit them with cameras ;)
Posted 10 years ago # -
Every pavement is cracked isn't it? They won't need to do much scouring.
Posted 10 years ago # -
I hope they have a torch and remember to look underneath all the parked delivery-vans.
Posted 10 years ago # -
It won't be long before the team have stepped on a line and the council have a pair of broken spine safety in the workplace lawsuits on their hands.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Oh good. Well can they come down my street please? The pavement's as cratered as the surface of the moon.
Or do craters and bumps not count?
Posted 10 years ago # -
The council opens another front in the War On Drivers.
Or something like that. Not read the comments.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Bet they scour these streets by driving round them.
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Scouring the pavement is probably what is causing the cracks in the first place. Brushing brings them up just fine without causing damage.
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Two men/women on bikes with digital cameras could get the job done in the wink of an eye.....
Posted 10 years ago # -
Another waste of money as nothing will be done to fix them. They do the same with the roads and ignore the fact they are dangerous to cycle on.
Posted 10 years ago # -
I'd rather they introduced (or reintroduced) dog mess wardens. Its getting ridiculous round my way (Northfield/Mountcastle) again.
Posted 10 years ago # -
@Bikeability they do still exist, they are the Environmental and Community Safety wardens (the ones you occasionally see in town with black uniforms, red and yellow hiviz over a stab vest). They deal with low-level antisocial issues such as littering, cigarette butt dropping, fly-tipping and dog fouling and can hand out fixed penalty notices. I would start by reporting here;
Then follow up with an email or tweet to your local community team (East team for you I think) and/or community council. That should get a bit of attendance by the wardens. Repeated reporting should get follow-ups, better attendance etc.
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Will they have a twitter account?
Posted 10 years ago #
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