Brilliant lol

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Date : 04/04/2018
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Hi Stewart

Thanks for your help in this matter in forwarding this to the appropriate department.

As usual, it's good to know that my Councillor is working hard for his Constituents.

Thanks


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Date : 04/04/2018 - 09:09 (GMTST)
Subject : Re: Road fault - 101001737604

Dear Sir

As usual, I will forward your complaint to the appropriate department

Thanks again

Stewart


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Date:03/04/2018
To: "Miller, Stewart (Cllr)" < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >
Subject: Road fault - 101001737604

Hi Stewart

Nothing has been done regarding potholes. Have reported yet again -

'Road fault - 101001737604 -

Viaduct Road - about 50 potholes...they are about to join up into 1 big giant pothole !

Linwood Ave - Various large potholes. Road outside Nos ......... particularly in very bad condition.

Overlee Road - Various large potholes

Please inform me of what action is taken. '



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Date : 03/04/2018 - 13:31 (GMTST)
Subject : East Renfrewshire Council Self Service

East Renfrewshire Council Self Service

Thank you for contacting East Renfrewshire Council.

Please use the following reference to track the progress of this contact or quote it if you call Customer Services.

101001737604 - Road Fault

Please feel free to visit Viaduct Road to see the quality of 'repair' you can expect to see carried out by the Council within East Renfrewshire.

Viaduct Road is first on left after Sheddens roundabout going towards Busby.

Some Councillors think you should just put up with this quality of repair.

Will post the exchanges soon.

Cllr Lafferty is also Convener of Environment -

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Date : 09/05/2018 - 18:47 (GMTST)
Subject : RE: RE: RE: 1737604 - Viaduct Road Repairs

Yes I did.

Alan

Sent: 09 May 2018 18:32
To: Lafferty, A (Cllr)
Subject: Re: RE: RE: 1737604 - Viaduct Road Repairs


Hi Alan

Would appreciate if you can say if you have actually looked at the 'repairs'.

Thanks


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Date : 09/05/2018 - 16:29 (GMTST)
Subject : RE: RE: 1737604 - Viaduct Road Repairs

I note your comments, we try our best with resources available.

Re Independent body, I’m not aware of one.

See today’s Scottish Daily Mail front page.

Cllr Alan Lafferty
Labour & Co-operative Member Ward 4
Convener for Environment
East Renfrewshire Council


Sent: 08 May 2018 20:25
To: Lafferty, A (Cllr)
Subject: Re: RE: 1737604 - Viaduct Road Repairs

Hi Alan

You haven't said if you have had a look at the repairs?

I think the 'repairs' were carried out after the bad weather.

As a Council Tax Payer, I am not content with the job they have done. This is not a particularly well done job and is certainly not value for money for East Renfrewshire Council Tax Payers.

The road surface is now more uneven with the repairs not flush to the surface causing them to break away.

These 'repairs' will need to be repaired in the very near future at more cost.

There are already more pot holes forming.

Is there an independent body to check/audit these repairs? to ensure value for money?

Thanks


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Date : 08/05/2018 - 15:52 (GMTST)
Subject : RE: 1737604 - Viaduct Road Repairs

Sorry, I’ve been away.Any potholing work in poor weather conditions is far from satisfactory.

However the work is required for public safety and has to be addressed.

If the patching deteriorates then it will receive further attention.

Yours sincerely,
Cllr Alan Lafferty
Labour & Co-operative Member Ward 4
Convener for Environment
East Renfrewshire Council


Sent: 23 April 2018 10:27
To: Lafferty, A (Cllr)
Subject: Re: 1737604 - Viaduct Road Repairs

Hi Alan

Have you looked at the repairs in Viaduct Road.

As said, would appreciate if you could have a look at the repairs and comment on them.

More pot holes are now appearing.

Thanks


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Date : 09/04/2018 - 12:18 (GMTST)
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Subject : Fwd: 1737604 - Viaduct Road Repairs

Hi Alan

Work has been carried out. But they have really only papered (sorry tarred) over the cracks.

I would appreciate if you could have a look at the repairs and comment on them.

Thanks


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Date : 05/04/2018 - 17:05 (GMTST)
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Subject : Re: 1737604

Hi Jane

Thanks for this.

I don't want to disagree but, a man with a small van was seen with a shovel and filled in 1 pot hole near the entrance to Busby Road.

The problem is that if you just fill in the many, and there are many potholes very close together, they will just reappear again.

But I look forward to the work being carried out.

Thanks


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Date : 05/04/2018 - 13:17 (GMTST)

Subject : 1737604

The defects on Viaduct Rd, Linnwood Avenue and Overlee Rd are included on our list for repairs. Unfortunately, due to the recent weather conditions there is quite a backlog of repairs at present and we have several teams working on these to catch up. A team did attend Viaduct Road around the 31st of March to deal with some of the larger holes but still have to return to complete the others.

We hope to have all the outstanding repairs on these roads completed in the next 2-3weeks however that is subject to weather conditions and progress of works at other locations.

Regards
Jane
Jane Corrie
Roads & Transportation Controller
East Renfrewshire Council
Unit 2 Spiersbridge Business Park
Thornliebank
G46 8NG

Cllr Stewart Miller -


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Date : 24/04/2018 - 15:43 (GMTST)
Subject : Re: Road fault - 10100173760

Dear Sir
Thank you for your correspondence and to answer your question, I have made enquiries and I'm told there is no roads regulator and any comments should be directed through the usual council complaints procedure
Kind regards
Stewart

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Date:23/04/2018
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Subject: Re: Road fault - 10100173760

Hi Stewart

You say -

'I am quite content with the job they have done. '

'In conclusion, I am satisfied that the roads dept are doing as much as they can with the very limited resources available to them.'

I would have to disagree.

As a Council Tax Payer, I am not content with the job they have done. This is not a particularly well done job and is certainly not value for money for East Renfrewshire Council Tax Payers.

The road surface is now more uneven with the repairs not flush to the surface causing them to break away.

These 'repairs' will need to be repaired in the very near future at more cost.

There are already more pot holes forming.

Is there an independent body to check/audit these repairs? to ensure value for money?

Thanks


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Date : 10/04/2018 - 10:23 (GMTST)
Subject : Re: Road fault - 10100173760


Dear Sir

As you suggested, I have taken a walk round Viaduct Rd, Linwood Ave and Overlee Rd this morning to have a look at the repairs carried out by the roads dept last Friday and I am quite content with the job they have done.

I am sure that they would have much preferred to have renewed the road surface rather than patching it but they have to work within the means of which they are provided

They also have to stretch these limited means over the whole of the authority area and you will be aware that the Labour/ SNP administration on the council have not provided any extra resources to resurface our roads

You may also have noticed that the SNP Govt in Holyrood have promised an extra £10m to repair roads, which is commendable, but our share of that money will not be much more than £100K so that is barely going to scratch the surface of the problem.

You may also have heard that we Conservatives on the council put forward a budget amendment which proposed putting an extra £10m into the roads over the next three years but, as I'm sure you know, our amendment was rejected

In conclusion, I am satisfied that the roads dept are doing as much as they can with the very limited resources available to them.

Kind regards
Stewart

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Date:09/04/2018 12:12 (GMT+00:00)
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Subject: Re: Road fault - 10100173760

Hi Stewart

Work has been carried out. But they have really only papered (sorry tarred) over the cracks.

I would appreciate if you could have a look at the repairs and comment on them.

Thanks


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Date : 05/04/2018 - 19:44 (GMTST)
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Subject : Re: Road fault - 10100173760

Hi Stewart

Thanks for your reply. Below emails for info.



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Date : 05/04/2018 - 17:05 (GMTST)
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Subject : Re: 1737604

Hi Jane

Thanks for this.

I don't want to disagree but, a man with a small van was seen with a shovel and filled in 1 pot hole near the entrance to Busby Road.

The problem is that if you just fill in the many, and there are many potholes very close together, they will just reappear again.

But I look forward to the work being carried out.

Thanks

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Date : 05/04/2018 - 13:17 (GMTST)
Subject : 1737604

The defects on Viaduct Rd, Linnwood Avenue and Overlee Rd are included on our list for repairs. Unfortunately, due to the recent weather conditions there is quite a backlog of repairs at present and we have several teams working on these to catch up. A team did attend Viaduct Road around the 31st of March to deal with some of the larger holes but still have to return to complete the others.

We hope to have all the outstanding repairs on these roads completed in the next 2-3weeks however that is subject to weather conditions and progress of works at other locations.

Regards
Jane
Jane Corrie
Roads & Transportation Controller
East Renfrewshire Council
Unit 2 Spiersbridge Business Park
Thornliebank
G46 8NG


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Date : 04/04/2018 - 22:55 (GMTST)
Subject : Re: Road fault - 10100173760

Yes, you are correct
I have two friends who live in Viaduct Rd and they alerted me to the poor condition of the road surface and I have been striving since January to get it
repaired.
I'm told they did fill in a few pot holes in February but left the worst. But since your correspondence, I have reminded the roads dept once again, and will continue to do so
I occasionally walk round Overlee Rd, Linwood Ave and Viaduct Rd and I will continue to keep a watch on it

Regards
Stewart


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Date:04/04/2018 10:28 (GMT+00:00)
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Subject: Re: Road fault - 101001737604

Hi Stewart

Thanks for your help in this matter in forwarding this to the appropriate department. As usual, it's good to know that my Councillor is working hard for his Constituents.

Thanks

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Date : 04/04/2018 - 09:09 (GMTST)
Subject : Re: Road fault - 101001737604

Dear Sir

As usual, I will forward your complaint to the appropriate department

Thanks again
Stewart

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Date:03/04/2018 13:40 (GMT+00:00)
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Subject: Road fault - 101001737604

Hi Stewart

Nothing has been done regarding potholes. Have reported yet again -

'Road fault - 101001737604 -

Viaduct Road - about 50 potholes...they are about to join up into 1 big giant pothole !

Linwood Ave - Various large potholes. Road outside Nos **** particularly in very bad condition.

Overlee Road - Various large potholes

Please inform me of what action is taken. '

Published in The Herald - Letters Monday 28 May 2018

The writer lives in Newton Mearns

Council must now spend the cash to repair our roads

THE appalling condition of the roads and pavements in East Renfrewshire is a key issue with residents, yet very little is being done about it, despite the Audit Scotland Maintaining Scotland’s Roads follow-up report in 2016, which cautioned: "Urgent action is needed if the condition of Scotland's roads is to improve.

Proper maintenance of the roads network is vital for economic prosperity and for people to get around safely."

In truth, many of our roads can justifiably be likened – and have been of late in your Letters Pages – as "third world".

Austerity cannot be used as a defence for the action – or more appropriately inaction – by East Renfrewshire Council (ERC) for failing in its obligation to provide roads that are safe and fit for purpose.

ERC is classed as being in the group of Scottish local authorities that spends less than is necessary to maintain current road conditions, according to the Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland.

Within the last year, Broom, Kirkhill and Mearnskirk Community Council has vigorously petitioned ERC - Scotland's richest local authority - to address the problem.

This it has stubbornly refused to do, despite having been presented with solutions by the community council and the opposition within ERC.

It costs 40 pounds per square metre to properly repair roads.

According to Andrew Cahill, ERC's director of environment, the estimated cost of bringing all roads in East Renfrewshire up to standard is 26.5 million pounds, which means nearly 7000,000 square metres are sub-standard.

The last published figures (as of March 31, 2017) show the reserves to include three funds, headed Repairs & Renewals, Capital, and General, with a combined total of 50.5m pounds.

These (or a mix of reserves and borrowing) could be used to properly repair all of ERC’s roads.

Reserves are there to be used in a time of crisis.

As our roads are certainly in a critical condition, this cost should be viewed as an investment in roads, which form the council’s largest physical asset.

For the financial year 2017/18, just over one per cent of ERC’s total budget was allocated to road maintenance.

Audit Scotland has also urged ERC to use part of its reserves, yet unbelievably, ERC’s response was to propose a 10% cut in the road’s budget over the next three years, starting with a cut of 400,000 pounds in the current fiscal year.

You will be aware from recent letters and articles in your newspaper and in the local press, of the growing outrage of East Renfrewshire’s residents at the state of the roads.

Despite this, ERC is contemplating rebuilding Eastwood Leisure Centre to incorporate a 50-metre swimming pool at a cost of 25-30m pounds.

Residents should be aware of these facts and campaign to make ERC fulfill its duty as regards roads and pavements before their state of disrepair causes serious accident.