Badly‑managed roadworks are a headache for Londoners and a drain on our economy. No guano, Sherlock.
I have just introduced new, tighter standards for roadworks and making it easier for you to tell us when you spot sloppy examples so we can take action to sort it out. If you drive in London, you can report sites that don’t come up to scratch at tfl.gov.uk/roadworks where the problem will be pounced upon just like anything ever posted on no10.gov.uk/epetition.
TfL has pledged that all its roadworks will meet these standards. Any other organisation working on TfL’s roads will be monitored using CCTV and traffic police community support officers who will have absolutely no authority whatsoever to do anything about the problem.
Most roads in London are managed by local boroughs, so I’m asking them to meet the standards too. They will, of course, tell me to Foxtrot right Oscar. Your reports will be passed directly to the relevant authority, where they will be completely ignored, and my team will work to ensure improvements are made like the toothless dogs they are.
We are (****** that there's no chance of us) getting laws put in place by next year that allow us to properly charge for working on our roads - creating a real incentive to do works with minimum disruption, whist leaving you, dear taxpayer, to foot an even more obscene bill because of the additional costs.
In the meantime, thank you for foolishly believing that you have any input in keeping London moving.
Yours sincerely,
Boris Johnson
Mayor of London and Chairman of Transport for London
