{"id":46456,"date":"2020-02-26T20:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T20:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?p=46456"},"modified":"2020-03-03T18:28:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T18:28:09","slug":"borrowash-basin-birthday-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2020\/02\/borrowash-basin-birthday-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Borrowash Basin Birthday Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After waiting a year for a dangerous hole on a cycle route in Borrowash to be fixed by the local developers (Taylor Wimpey), a small group of DCG members decided to commemorate the anniversary by holding a birthday party for the hole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The problem is on a traffic free multi-user route near Rovings Drive in Borrowash<\/a> and was reported back in February 2019. Derby City Council were very quick to respond by visiting the site, erecting safety barriers, and reporting the problem to the landowners for repair.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The landowners are Taylor Wimpey who built the nearby estate and who, as part of obtaining permission to build, agreed to provide various infrastructure including the multi-user route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pothole was quickly dubbed the \u201cBorrowash Basin<\/strong>\u201d by locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over the last year, Taylor Wimpey have been chased many times to make the necessary repairs but no effective action has been taken despite promises that \u201ccontractors would be working on the repairs as a matter of urgency\u201d. From being a nice new pothole with smart barriers, the hole has become sorrier and sorrier looking with rubbish collecting in the hole, the barriers falling over, and a resulting general air of neglect.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As there was no sign of the hole being fixed by Taylor Wimpey in the naer future, Derby Cycling Group decided they would hold a clean up and a commemoration to mark the Basin\u2019s first birthday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n