So what is going to be the fate of Stanford-le-Hope railway station?

It was comprehensively demolished weeks ago apart from the footbridge (thankfully) and a couple of quirky remnants.

Since then - well, nothing!

The commuters, shoppers and trippers look lost and forlorn even in good weather conditions.

Taxis cannot wait there now and you cannot be safely dropped off - although I have seen some dangerous attempts.

Is it going to be reduced to an unpersonned halt prior to future closure as happened to thousands of stations in the 1960s?

When do we get the transport interchange we were promised years ago as part of the deal to build the new port? The bridge should not really be a problem as you could take the dedication plates off, widen the carriageway and pavements, put the memorials back up and add an addendum referring to 2019.

By the war memorial, there is a potentially-lethal bus stop painted across the road on the blind Z-bend where the one-way system of the High Street ends. The bus refuge bay is around the corner in Corringham Road, but is used for commercial parking.

The present traffic pattern commenced on July 12, 2005.

What are we waiting for - a fatality?

This year the bus stop at the start of Southend Road was moved closer to Scratton Road, but the illuminated shelter was left in its original position behind the new car parking.

Does Thurrock’s planning team actually inspect any supposedly completed works?

A different issue is the nearby former restaurant converted into four homes.

Abandoned empty ever since - but there are no families in this borough in need of housing, so not a concern.

I dare not mention the Sandpits car park shambles - oops!

This is just one small corner of Thurrock that I have to use at least twice a day. Our controlling party councillors admittedly have to be worried about who will get the best suite of offices in the proposed luxury headquarters whilst their national party MPs concentrate on skewering each other. Damn the rest of us.

M.J.COBB Stafford Close, Linford