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Default Lorries on pavement

I think you need to talk to highways at the council and give them the name
and address of the contractor, if you have it. Normally they would have
needed permission to do the demolition from the planning dept, so they
should know ho to have a word with. They may ask the company to repair their
damage, but its been my experience that this can take years to actually
happen. EDF put in a new connection a site some three years ago, and the
temporary repair is now subsiding and nothing has been done.
The problem is as always, money and staffing levels for this chasing up of
companies.
Brian

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Lorries on pavement - they've just demolished a house in my road. Massive
lorries were driven onto the site for the rubble. To avoid dust, the
contractors sprayed the rubble with water (all weekend!), but this no
doubt added to the weight. The pavement is now massively chewed up, and I
saw the lorries doing this.

The contractors have now left this with an old wooden door over the hole.

I can contact my council to report the damage, so they will repair it
(eventually), but really the demolition contractors ought to pay for it,
surely? What is their responsibility, and how should I deal with this?