Endless cones and still no bin replacement

“Lane closures are set to be in place mainly between 9am and 3.30pm Monday to

Friday, with the borough saying it would take steps to mitigate delays as much as possible.”

A quote from your edition of September 16, so why are we blighted with cones left out all day and night and weekends?

Traffic tails back to Reform Road in the evenings.

The OED defines ‘mitigate’ as ‘making something less severe!’

Residents have expressed concern over traffic cones and restrictions outside of these hours and it is obvious the contractors have not been told to remove the cones when they have finished work for the day.

The extent of coning is also questionable, stretching for almost half-a-mile along Bad Godesberg Way and adjoining roundabouts.

The council are now also considering a devolution proposal for the six unitary authorities in the county, which must be a good idea considering that our immediate neighbours, Slough Borough Council, has gone bust and RBWM has borrowings of £203million!

This does not seem like a very sound proposal.

Perhaps Mr Duncan Sharkey, our managing director, can provide a date for the replacement of the waste bin at the bottom of High Town Road, and what happened to the bin outside the Travelodge/ Sainsbury’s and on the corner of Bell

Street?

The one outside the council house was being used for post, but I am told residents can use the one outside the library instead.

Why not reposition it as there are plenty of alternative locations outside the council house?

Come on Mr Sharkey, a challenge, give me a date for the replacement of the bin in High Town Road, removed on April 22, as you and I know that it is not going to be replaced whatever Simon Dale says?

MERVYN BUSTON

East Road Maidenhead