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WHY TFL CLOSED LINK AFTER BUILDING COLLAPSE? Perhaps Cos they’re plonkers! |
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John Addis (K97)
was one of the many DaC drivers whose passengers faced
nightmare journeys on 13 February when a building in
Commercial Road (E1) collapsed. Traffic throughout that day
and into the evening remained horrendous, with diversions
being set up that seemed to serve little purpose other than
to totally baffle drivers. But there was one other problem facing Dial-a-Cab drivers that puzzled and annoyed John. As the evening came, with traffic still virtually at a standstill in the area, why did they still go ahead with the scheduled closure of the Limehouse Link? After all, had it remained open, it would have at least sped up the departure of those thousands of City office workers trying to get out of the City and home towards the east. As it was, the whole of the east end ground to a halt and remained that way late into the night. John told Call Sign: "Everyone was stuck with nothing moving. But when I saw a terminal message saying that the Link was closing - as it usually does on Tuesday - and with traffic already totally snarled up, I couldn’t believe it. It was just total madness!" John decided to write to Transport for London (TfL) to complain and sent a copy of his letter and the TfL reply to MP, Jim Fitzpatrick, whose constituency includes the Wharf. Mr Fitzpatrick called the TfL response "a non-answer." If ever an organisation showed its true colours, then this meaningless piece of TfL drivel to John Addis is it. It comes from Stuart Towne, Customer Services Advisor at Surface Transport Communications (Transport for London)… Dear Mr Addis, Thank you for your email regarding the closures of Limehouse Link and Commercial Road. On 13 February 2007, at around 16:59, a multi-storey building on Commercial Road collapsed necessitating the immediate closure of the carriageway in both directions. Due to the |
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Collapsed buildingnature
of the collapse and the potential for life-saving rescue
operations, the Metropolitan Police instigated a number of
closures and diversions. This is normal for this type of
event, and we supported this complex activity, which was
complicated by a lack of knowledge on the number of people
on the building site. Yours sincerely Stuart Towne Certainly, of paramount importance was the safety of everyone in the vicinity. But does anyone understand why Mr Towne says the Link had to shut - because Call Sign doesn’t…! |
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