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Let there be light: Skanska finish the job, only four months late
Under the council’s newly embossed letter-headings of “Delivering for Croydon”, this probably counts as a Pyrrhic victory: Skanska has finally finished installing street lights across the borough – only four months behind schedule. Given that, as recently as May 2014 … Continue reading
Streets are so dark that even a councillor avoids them at night
Some of the borough’s residential streets are so poorly lit after contractors Skanska have “designed” and installed its “modern” street lamps, that one elected councillor has complained that she no longer feels safe to walk alone along some of the … Continue reading
Skanska create an unholy mess and leave Minster in the dark
The council’s lighting contractors are conducting a “consultation” of some residents in Croydon to discover how well the company is performing. Since they are carrying out the consultation themselves, no one expects the resultant report to be anything but glowing … Continue reading
Let Skanska know if you take a dim view of their street lighting
With the nights closing in, the council’s lighting contractors Skanska are seeking the feedback of residents. Maybe the people paying for the street lamps can cast some light on why it all seems to be taking so long. Skanska probably … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Skanska, Street lighting
Tagged Croydon Council, Skanska, Street lighting
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Report prompts Skanska to promise to shift Purley lamp post
Where Croydon Council, and its councillors, fail to get results, it seems Inside Croydon helps to deliver required outcomes for residents. The latest example is with the lamp post on Brancaster Lane in Purley, which contractors Skanska managed to plonk … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Purley, Skanska, Street lighting, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Labour, Purley, Skanska, Tony Newman, Tory
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Skanska’s ‘lightbulb moment’ over Purley street lights
There have been plentiful and regular complaints about the quality of workmanship and service from some of the council’s out-sourced contractors, whether it be the shabby My Croydon App mishap, the trail of rubbish left after the bin men have … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Purley, Skanska, Street lighting
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon South, London Borough of Croydon, Purley, Skanska
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Shedding light on council multi-million contracts overdue
This website has, more than once, made the point that public services when outsourced to private companies rarely deliver equivalent service for the public, but they almost always ensure rich pickings for private profit. The shambolic hand-over of Croydon Council’s … Continue reading
Posted in Capita, Carillion, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Libraries, Skanska, Street lighting
Tagged Carillion, Council Tax, Crapita, Croydon, Croydon Council, Skanska, Waddon
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Lights go out again in Addiscombe but Skanska are in no rush
Residents in and around Addiscombe have been left in the dark again this week, less than two months after filing formal complaints to Croydon Council over the service – or lack of it – from contractors Skanska when several roads … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Phil Thomas, Selhurst, Skanska, Street lighting, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Lewisham, lighting, London Borough of Croydon, Skanska, street lights, Tory, Woodside
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Lebanon Road residents left in the dark by “indifferent” council
Residents in Lebanon Road have filed a formal complaint to the council, accusing it of “indifference” to their plight, after their street has been plunged into darkness, with no street lighting for nearly a week, creating obvious risks for accidents … Continue reading
