As a councillor who started his career in West Hampstead in "pavement politics" it seems fitting that my first real posting on this blog is about the repaving of Dennington Park Road, which quite a few residents have been in touch with me about. They're raised concerns about the quality of the repaving work being done there.
One issue was that the same paving stones were being relaid instead of being replaced with new ones. This is part of the contract and the idea is to save both council tax payers' money and also help the environment, as otherwise the old paving stones have to be ground up and transported to a landfill site, which is pretty unenvironmentally friendly.
But a lot of other aspects of the repaving aren't acceptable, particularly the ragged edges of the paving stones and gaps between the edge of the pavement. I've complained about this to Camden's highway engineers - and would also like to thank those public-spirited residents who've talked to the workers on site about the substandard work.
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