Published:
10:17 AM June 10, 2021
Updated:
10:48 AM June 10, 2021
Pavements de-slabbed in Brondesbury Road to be replaced by asphalt following failed opposition by residents
- Credit: Flavia Rittner
Communities across Brent exasperated with seeing their streets asphalted have joined together to confront the council.
Eleven groups have come together to form Brent Residents Against Asphalt Pavements [BRAAP] to campaign in reversing Brent Council’s policy of asphalting at all costs.
Cracked and buckled asphalt in Dartmouth Road, Brent
- Credit: Maggie Chambers
Robin Sharp, joint convenor of the group, said: “This is a unique coming together of 11 residents’ groups and associations in Brent objecting to replacing long-lasting paving slabs with cheap impermeable tarmac.