As buildings, owned both by private landlords and the counci,l have been allowed by their owners to fall into decline so the cost to the council and the tax payer has gone up as, within the last year or so, up to Christmas 08 alone we’ve had
- air ambulances for drunk squatters falling off beams in a derelict warehouse that was burnt out a few years ago and that has been left to fall to bits by the owner whilst the residents have to face every day..
- mass flytipping - SNT did a great job there and there's some great footage of people getting nicked for dumping!
- Haringey’s largest fire for eons in a newly acquired warehouse - along with another little one in a prefab
FIRE – fire involving fire brigade, police and evacuation of ill and elderly residents of the neighbouring care home. Noone physically hurt to the best of my knowledge but do wonder about the stress levels it has caused the residents. Where was the fire??? The Prefabs! Not somewhere unexpected and unforeseen but an area that residents have been complaining about for FOUR YEARS and have warned repeatedly as being a health and safety hazard. (See post below for more)
BUILDING COLLAPSE* -- the structure involved in the pre-Christmas fire (the newly acquired warehouse mentioned at the start) was not made safe – or certainly not safe enough and collapsed onto the street . Phwew, another lucky escape for passers by – and Haringey. (See photo in post below)
MISSING BANKSMEN – too numerous to mention, banksmen are generally NOT in evidence when accessing O’Donovan’s site despite assertions that they have one and two at key times of the day… economic downturn... have they been sacked?
O’DONOVANS EXPANSION – now own three sites (one at top and one at bottom of Markfield Road and the new one on Constable Crescent) meaning that stress levels for pedestrians particularly those with young children out of buggies is rising high. Yep, it’s all about business around here.
BURGLARIES/MUGGINGS – two burglaries and two car break ins (known to me) in the surrounding area. Could it be something to do with the state of the general area? Not sure, but for somewhere that was low crime, it’s all on the up…
So, suddenly, life is not quite so quiet and a lot more dangerous… Oh and on top of that – in non life threatening ways we have…
- SNOW DELAYS - two days of snow mean the Payback team are delayed EIGHT weeks to clear the green bank in preparation for the spending of LAST YEAR’S Making the Difference grant.
- PARKING - ITAL’s and neighbour’s illegal parking on the crossovers forcing pedestrians into the route of O’Donovan’s (often) unregistered site traffic (big diggers and things). Doesn’t suggest that they have the slightest bit of respect or give a damn about the warnings issued by the Council’s Enforcement team. – (Might I be so bold as to suggest the introduction of parking tickets? Isn’t that what they’re for? Or is it merely for residents who’s CPZ permits are a day out of date?)
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