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Permalink Reply by JM on October 7, 2013 at 19:02

The Corporation moves in a mysterious way, their wonders to perform.

I'm sure we all feel your pain, but I'm not certain if anyone from the Corp ever looks at these pages.  It would be kinds nice if they did, and acted on some things ....

Good luck with hanging on to the bike ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Maria Elizabeth Prior on October 8, 2013 at 1:42

Hi Jean.  I am pretty sure that someone from the COL does look at these pages.  After all, Robert Jacks is a member on this site.  They do see, but do not act!  And, as for them being 'nice', that is something they do not do! 

Jean McMeakin said:

The Corporation moves in a mysterious way, their wonders to perform.

I'm sure we all feel your pain, but I'm not certain if anyone from the Corp ever looks at these pages.  It would be kinds nice if they did, and acted on some things ....

Good luck with hanging on to the bike ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Maria Elizabeth Prior on October 8, 2013 at 1:52

James, you have my sympathy.  How typical of 'excuses' being given.  I had a storage unit in Hatfield House basement, but, all my property was thrown out as I refused to pay for the shed, as it was not safe down there, due to people also using it for drugs, and who had keys for this area.  When I asked if they were also to be 'thrown out' too, I was told it was 'a different matter'!  Am not surprised you are upset.  As for them saying about 'locks not working', its amazing how they can change locks when it suits them though!

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Permalink Reply by Bill Clifford on October 8, 2013 at 9:10

The bike racks in GAH were installed because of about 18 months of lobbying by residents of GAH.

As bike racks were installed across the rest of the Estate various residents demanded that GAH was not left out.

As chair of GLERA I was only asked why they were not installed a month ago.

If more people came to GLERA meetings we would get a much wider view of peoples concerns regarding the Estate.

Bike racks have been an ongoing item of discussion at meetings, mostly with residents wanting them, if there were objections we haven't heard them, until now.

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Permalink Reply by James B on October 8, 2013 at 9:23

The issue is time and time again I have reported this issue, before the unit was broken into when there were people in the basement smoking drugs and blatantly using the doors with faulty locks. COL housing, GLE staff still wont do anything about it. City police were pretty surprised by this. while as a cyclist I'm delighted that steps are being taken to make it easier to own a bike, there has to be a provision of security, especially as its within a residential block. I just hope that with the racks on show isn't going to encourage any more theft in the area.

Bill Clifford said:

The bike racks in GAH were installed because of about 18 months of lobbying by residents of GAH.

As bike racks were installed across the rest of the Estate various residents demanded that GAH was not left out.

As chair of GLERA I was only asked why they were not installed a month ago.

If more people came to GLERA meetings we would get a much wider view of peoples concerns regarding the Estate.

Bike racks have been an ongoing item of discussion at meetings, mostly with residents wanting them, if there were objections we haven't heard them, until now.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Clifford on October 8, 2013 at 10:45

We are looking into this, and as soon as we have the appropriate information it will be passed on.

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