Spooner Row Message Board

I have attached the County Council reply

Dear Mr Halls,

I am sorry that you were unable to open my earlier email. Unfortunately all emails that contain information classed as personal data under data protection legislation need either to be sent to a known secure address or sent encrypted. They can only be sent to email addresses that we do not know to be secure with the explicit consent of the person the "data" is about. In this case the email contained not only your name and email address but also your post code. 

I am re sending the email unencrypted as requested. 

You are not the only person who has told us that they experience difficulty opening such emails. For this reason we are now monitoring the number of people who tell us about this problem so that we can see if there is a significant need to rethink how we respond to complaints while complying with data protection legislation. Thank you for letting us know.

Yours sincerely,

Terence Bartlett.

Customer Service (Complaints) Case Manager

Corporate Resources

I have spoken to the Highway Engineer in our Environment, Transport and Development department responsible for the area who tells me that the work is being undertaken by Network Rail who are therefore responsible for making good the damage to the verge and path. He will be brining the matter to the attention of his contact in Network Rail to make them aware so that they can complete the work to a satisfactory standard.

So let me paraphrase

'Not our problem'

The unfortunate fact is that it their problem to deal with but they do not have the resources or manpower to deal with so they attempt to  abidicate. The reality is that they cannot abdicate and Net work rail would simply say that they were not responsible (alone ) So if you have a problem or accident sue NCC

You may think I have been harse but by placing this message on the board there is no doubt about them being unaware and oddly it will help them as the party line is that services are not being affected by the cuts , when in fact they (NCC ) know they are, but cannot say so. So it up to us.

A man with a sharp spade, a pair of secateurs and 30 mins will sort this, plus of course some later work to fill the ever increasing hole and would it not have been nice to say that and actually do something. The brambles is another but entirely relevant issue linked to this , which is entirely NCC to deal with.

So once again we are left with the fact that nothing will happen until someone has an accident

The path is bad and needs attention, but I'm fed up with all the brambles and weeds overhanging onto the path.  Isn't the landowner or landmanager the same farmer who has put in the planning application to build all those new houses in Chapel Road and Bunwell Road? The ditch next to the path is full and hasn't been cleared for years. I suppose there is no money to be made in keeping the path safe and ditch clear.