Grass patches on pavement turning into mud - council won't do anything

gabbro86

Hi all,
I am not completely sure this is the best place to post this, I apologise in advance if it isn't.
The pavement in front of my and my neighbour's house has two little patches of grass, that basically from October to May become two little patches of mud due to cars/vans/lorries driving over them. See pictures I've taken this morning...

Both my neighbour and I have been e-mailing/calling the council to ask them to do something about this (anything!), as we had instances in the past of vans getting stuck in the mud and then spraying it all over our cars parked in the driveway and even on the house fronts! Council always replies they won't do anything about it.
Neighbour planted small steel poles in the ground, to stop cars from going on it, but someone from the council promptly came round asking him to remove them, or they'd do it themselves and slap him with a fine.
Has anyone here ever had a similar issue? Is there anything at all we can do about this?

roddydogs

Lots round our way have posts to stop this, don't know why your council is so bothered,?

grumbler

Usually people don't rely on councils and take matters in their own hands.

Put two white-painted rocks on a big patch or one rock on a small patch. But then you'll have to take mowing grass in your hands too.

gabbro86

grumbler said:

Usually people don't rely on councils and take matters in their own hands.

Put two white-painted rocks on a big patch or one rock on a small patch. But then you'll have to take mowing grass in your hands too.

We did try to take matters in our own hands as mentioned... twice, actually. We were also mowing the grass around the posts.
Council was not happy and threatened fines.

grumbler

I'd use this opportunity to challenge the fine, make a lot of noise  and to put the blame on the council.

Where I live white rocks are common, especially near schools, and the council doesn't care.

TELLIT01

The grass patches aren't on the pavement, they are grassed areas which motorists are choosing to drive over.  Do you expect the council to replace all areas of grass with concrete / tarmac?

gabbro86

TELLIT01 said:

The grass patches aren't on the pavement, they are grassed areas which motorists are choosing to drive over.  Do you expect the council to replace all areas of grass with concrete / tarmac?

I'm expecting the council to either allow us to put something so that motorists don't drive over the patches, or to do it themselves.

roddydogs

Name the daft council!

gabbro86

roddydogs said:

Name the daft council!

Havering 

theonlywayisup

Get local media onside.  

gabbro86

KeithSussex said:

Dont know if this site is appropriate for your area but its worth a look  https://www.fixmystreet.com/

This is hilarious 
Thanks anyway for the suggestion!