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| Up early to protest |
Residents in Chandos Road were out early this morning to catch the
council and contractors before they started pulling up the paving stones and
chopping down some of the lovely old trees that line this Edwardian street.
People had chalked the pavements and decorated the trees expressing their
disgust at the council's refusal to listen to those who live there.
The Council are replacing paving stones with black tarmac.* Local people say it would be cheaper and more environmentally friendly just to replace the broken slabs. The trees, some of which residents paid for are a beautiful asset they don't want to lose.
As you can see above residents made an excellent case to Council officials to no avail.
The Council are replacing paving stones with black tarmac.* Local people say it would be cheaper and more environmentally friendly just to replace the broken slabs. The trees, some of which residents paid for are a beautiful asset they don't want to lose.
As you can see above residents made an excellent case to Council officials to no avail.
Support the residents on RAT Resistance Against Tarmac Facebook LINK
* On roads where houses have driveways the tarmac is broken up by block paving on the drop kerbs but on terraced streets with little or no front garden and thus no driveway the tarmac is continuous. Block paving is far more intricate and time consuming to lay.
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| Block paving on Mallard Way, Kingsbury |
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| Mallard Way today |
