By Casey Neill
Rail commuters are risking car damage and personal injury in a pothole-ridden Lightwood Road car park.
Resident Gail Williams contacted the Journal about the site, which services Sandown Park Railway Station.
“I’ve been ringing Metro Trains,” she said.
“They reckon it’s the Greyhounds’ (Entertainment) land.
“The Greyhounds say that Metro Trains are responsible for the maintenance of it.”
Ms Williams sent in several photographs to highlight the large potholes littering the car park, some that appear to be a metre or more wide.
She said the site was also in need of “some sort of organisation”.
“In places, cars are three-deep with the possibility of being blocked in until owners return,” she said.
“Other vehicles park on the access road which makes the road very narrow.
“My car is not big and I had to fold my mirrors to prevent hitting their mirrors.
“Others park at right angles or in the middle of nowhere which blocks access in or out.”
Ms Williams said consumers deserved “a standard of car parking that does not cause damage to their vehicle or worse, injury due to a fall in the holes”.
On Wednesday 17 August, two days after the Journal contacted Metro for comment, Ms Williams advised that workers had been on-site conducting repairs.
But she said they would only last until the next heavy shower of rain.
“They just filled holes with loose bitumen,” she said.
Metro spokesman Marcus Williams confirmed that Metro was responsible for the site maintenance
“Gravel grading maintenance to level the surface and remove potholes takes place every two months,” he said.
“Work was last completed less than two weeks ago.
“We are currently scoping additional works to improve the car park surface and remove potholes, beyond what our routine maintenance program may address.”
