Clear and present danger

Not impressed that a council contractor saw fit to leave a hole in the eastbound lane of West Hill in this state: a job half done, which did not move between 1100 this morning and 1500 this afternoon - which means that it is a fair bet it will be there overnight, at the very least. A cycle catching it with his front wheel in the wrong way could have a very bad time.

At the very least, they should have patched over the hole with a temporary filling of blacktop, over a bit of plywood or some such to protect the drain cover. Or put up some cones and warning signs.

If the council can't manage to actually inspect work in progress, why don't they operate some system whereby a contractor does not walk away from a job without taking and uploading some pictures for the record?

PS: Tuesday morning: first concerned citizen found a traffic cone from somewhere and placed it over hole. Inebriated young man thought it would be clever to take the cone out of the hole. Second concerned citizen (me) replaced cone. Hopefully no-one will fall into it during the day to come.