Friday, May 23, 2025

More Trip Hazards

Sunken manhole
If the path up to my front door suddenly sunk a bit, I'd consider it an emergency that had to be dealt with as soon as possible. Meanwhile these "manhole" covers and gate valve cover outside Armelle's Kitchen, Vape Central and the Garda barracks respectively have been like this for years, without any urgency seemingly in the need to repair them. The cover outside Vape Central appears to have been sunken by a heavy vehicle, so probably just needs to be replaced. The gate valve cover outside the barracks was reported two or three years ago.
Don't KCC understand that people with visual impairments have difficulty seeing these hazards?
When pavements are cobblelocked, perhaps it should be mandatory that a request be sent to service providers to add risers to manholes to make the covers flush with the surrounding pavement.
This isn't a comprehensive list of trip hazards. I'm sure everyone's aware of lots more around the town.
Broken manhole cover.

Stopcock cover, protruding on one side above surrounding foothpath.