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English: ►► Update 16 May 2012. I reported this pool to Haringey's Environment Department on 10 April. The drain gully was unblocked by the Council's contractors on 14 May. A sluggish service.

This is Stoneleigh Road N17 opposite the Beehive pub. On 11 April Haringey Environment Department acknowledged my email. Then on 12 May emailed to say they'd inspected it: "and instructed contractors to carry out remedial works".

► On 3 May it was still pooling - and presumably still blocked. So I took this photo and emailed Haringey asking why the work had taken so long.

They replied on 16 May, saying the works had been "completed by our contractor to our satisfaction". But without giving any reasons for the delay. Then I re-read their emails more carefully. And realised I had skipped over the information that their "aim" is to complete such work "within 28 working days".

So no way, delay. Just operating sluggishly. Liked a blocked drain.

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From : Alan Stanton Tottenham Hale ward councillor To : Haringey Environment Department Sent : Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:37 PM Subject : Blocked drain gully Stoneleigh Road N17 opposite The Beehive pub

Please see the photos on Flickr at this address. They show a pool of water yesterday due to a blocked drain gully roughly in the middle of the pool. It’s about half way along the white arrow painted in the roadway. Please arrange for this to be cleaned out. Thanks.

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From : noreply@Confirm.haringey.gov.uk To : Alan Stanton Sent : Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:47 PM Subject : Acknowledgement of your Enquiry - 74995

Thank you for reporting a Highways Gully Blocked problem in Stoneleigh Road, N17 via E-Mail.

● Additional information reported: ● Date and time originally reported: 11/04/2012 13:39:21. ● Location: Stoneleigh Road opposite The Beehive Pub. About half way along the white arrow painted in the roadway. ● Nature of defect: Gully Blocked. ● We will inspect the problem within two working days and decide how urgently it needs to be fixed.

We will contact you again by email with the result of our inspection. If our contractor needs to carry out remedial works, we will let you know when the works have been completed to our satisfaction.

● We aim to repair all street lights that are not working within three working days of a fault being reported but this may take longer if it is an electrical supply fault. ● We will make emergency hazards on roads and pavements safe within two hours. ● We will repair potholes, problems with roads, pavements and street furniture within twenty eight working days. ● If the problem is considered to be dangerous, we will repair it within one working day.

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From : "noreply@Confirm.haringey.gov.uk" To : Alan Stanton Sent : Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:53 AM Subject : Highway Enquiry Update - Works completed - Enquiry 74995

This email is to let you know that the remedial works for the highways problem at Stoneleigh Road, N17 Tottenham that you reported have been completed by our contractor to our satisfaction.

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§ See where I took this photo.