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Islington residents gets the hump with the bump
Posted on Thursday, October 30 @ 11:47:43 GMT by pulpsimon |
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Drivers in
Islington, north London, have complained that their cars are
being damaged because the speed bumps are too high.
A council
spokesman acknowledged there were a few which which are "probably too high" and
it would put them right.
The issue
will be broadcast on BBC London's Inside Out (I-Player link) on Wednesday at 1930 BST.
One local
resident said: "I tend to drive a Freelander and I drive it deliberately because
I live in Islington and I got fed driving over speed bumps and having my back
broken as a consequence.
"Copenhagen
Road for example is a classic example where you've
got a speed bump, then there's a zebra crossing which has got a speed bump on
it, then there's another speed bump and they're literally about 25 yards from
each other."
He added:
"I reckon I can probably get a smoother ride driving along a rode in
Peru through the Peruvian jungle than
I can along the tarmac of Islington."
Local MP
Emily Thornberry said the council must put the problem right.
"The
council have made a mistake," she said. "These speed bumps are illegal, we need
to know how many illegal speed bumps they've got, where they are and what
they're going to do about it."
There are
more than 1,900 speed humps within the borough, many of which were designed in
consultation with local residents, the council said.
However,
Councillor Greg Foxsmith said: "We think there are a few which are probably too
high.
""These
were constructed within the regulations but we think in some cases the road
surface may have sunk or even the impact of cars coming down on the other side
of the road bumps has left some of them too high."
He added:
"Certainly in Roman
Road we've made that acknowledgement and if there are
speed bumps which are too high of course we'll put them right."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7697264.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/puffbox/hyperpuff/audiovideo/england/london/7698796.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00f8n2q/Inside_Out_London_29102008/
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