FixMyStreet.com is one of the coolest websites I’ve found in a long time.. The other week I noticed that a street light on my road remained on during daylight hours and seeing as I had nothing better to do, I set about trying to get it fixed. Wayne told me about fixmystreet.com so I thought I’d try it out. You can register a fault on the site by selecting the location on the map and it does all the leg work involved with emailing the council about it. Interestingly, it doesn’t use Google Maps but a more detailed map which includes stuff like trees and pretty much any building so you can pinpoint the precise location of a problem with much greater accuracy than Google Maps would offer. You can upload a photo along with your report.. So that’s what I did, I got an email from the council confirming that they’d logged the problem. Low and behold about a week later a van came around and they fixed it.
Agreed - the site works, my council got an email and the street refuse was removed. All done from my home and it did not cost me a penny. No call centre - no 0870 rip=off number and it works.
Now I would say go try their other products
theyworkforyou is very good for corresponding with all your locally elected councillors, MP, MEP etc…
Alex