The Sunday before last I was walking along Milk Street, watching a man trying not to get run over by a car reversing out of Barfly’s car park, when I almost lost my foot down this hole. I was pretty shocked it was so exposed, it seemed to be a broken ankle and a No Win No Fee case waiting to happen.
So I reported it to the brilliant Fix My Street site – writing a few words describing the problem to accompany the photo and adding a tag to the map so Birmingham City Council could tell exactly where it was when Fix My Street forwarded the details to them.
Admitedly, Birmingham City Council may have already been aware of the problem, but I was pretty impressed to find the hole cordoned off a few hours after reporting it.
And I was even more impressed to find the hole completely fixed a couple of days later.
Thank you Birmingham City Council. And thank you Fix My Street – your one stop shop for reporting fly tipping, graffitti, broken paving slabs and the like.
