black path bodge

Despite our warnings about the dreadful changes planned for the black path, the Millfields Users' Group Committee have got what they requested - a bodge that has actually damaged the path.

In March, Hackney's Traffic Management Team (which has been clear it was working on instruction from MUG and Hackney Parks Dept) wrote to the Committee: stating "Just to reiterate, line mark removal is messy and very rarely will markings be fully removed. Some trace of a divisionary line will remain, as will the cycle symbols to be removed, and of course the green surface treatment will still be in place along the entire length".

The MUG Committee responded: "Yes, as you say, it's a bodge..... but we've been asking for this since 2008/9 so we're settling for what we can get."

Hackney insisted it couldn't afford to resurface the path to remove all of the markings. It does however  have funding for new wooden bollards on north Millfields that are not needed and which park users were not consulted on.