West End Pong - Garchey

Our house officer tells us that the recent smell around staircase 61 was caused by an overflowing Garchey pit which was dealt with on the same day by Metwin our on site contractors. 

There are Garchey pits all over the estate and unfortunately, all it takes is for someone to place a plastic bag, baby wipes or some other unsuitable item into the Garchey and this causes the blockage. 

According to Mr Iffland, Garchey Manager, the smell was quite bad, so apologies for this. Also, sometimes when the garchey tanker emptying the pits, (the garchey tanker parks in garchey bay in the Beech St tunnel), it can cause smells to rise up onto the podium.

Healthwatch City of London AGM

Healthwatch City of London

would like to invite you to

our

Annual Conference & AGM

to celebrate the first year of

Healthwatch City of London

Date: Wednesday 29 October 2014

Time: 10.30 am to 4pm

Venue: The Dutch Centre, 7 Austin Friars, London EC2N 2HA

10.30 am: Registration

10.45 am: AGM followed by review of the year

   The afternoon conference will focus on mental health with speakers from East London NHS Foundation Trust to include Arts in Mental Health     

Please contact Janine Aldridge at healthwatchcityoflondon@ageuklondon.org.uk or call 020 7820 6787 to register your attendance. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Residents Survey: The Police

From the City of London police:

Residents Survey
Are you a Resident of the City of London? Please help us to improve your City … The City of London Police and City of London Corporation are continuously looking for ways to improve the experience of living in the City. As a result, we are asking Residents to complete a short questionnaire. It will take a maximum of 15 minutes to complete and will be an opportunity to provide important feedback on your views, concerns and suggestions about safety and security in the City of London. Please click here to access the questionnaire. Many thanks for your help with this On behalf of the City of London Police and City of London Corporation Please contact us at support@mclarensolutions.com if you are having any difficulty accessing or completing the survey.
City of London 2014

PS John Zuber

Residential Team

Community Policing

City Of London Police

External Redecorations: Week 10

Week 10 (w/c Mon Sept 29th):  Work is moving east.  I even saw a workman doing some actual decorating near staircase 63 last week.

We also have a new newsletter from K&M.  One thing to note in particular:  the work is due to run well into November when the weather will be much cooler and wetter.  Will this affect the quality of the finish as some fear?

West end pong

A resident of Ben Jonson House reports a nasty smell at the western end of Ben Jonson House at podium level beside staircase 61, and have has asked the BEO to investigate.   The smell is described as being that of sewage.

Sewage pong here.

Flooding cuts us off!

This lake lay for about 3 days and cut off entrance to and exit from s/c 61.  Until the drains are fixed, we'll keep having problems like this.

Impassable

Puddles & Floods - an update

An update from Steve Murray:

I’m afraid I’m not in a position to share good news as I hoped to be, the worst of the blocked drains we are working on at podium level also run through the exhibition hall below – I am in contact with the Barbican centre to gain the access I need to work on these sections but the holdup I’m having is that there are exams taking place in the hall so co-ordinating the works required with this and to ensure I do not disrupt them is a little tricky, will do all I can to keep things moving mind.