RESIDENTS in Glazebury, Warrington have seen their long-standing campaign to correct a mistake on Google Maps go international!
Chris Vobe, Labour Party spokesperson for Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft – was contacted by residents in Hawthorne Avenue and Heyshoot Lane who pointed out that many big organisations, including Google Maps, had the two roads labelled the wrong way round – leading to a series of mix-ups with delivery drivers, repair men, and even take-away orders!
Now, after highlighting the case with Google to try and get the error rectified, the two roads are receiving international recognition – because the case has been referred to Google’s headquarters – in Mountain View, California.
Chris (pictured right) said: “Residents in Hawthorne Avenue and Heyshoot Lane spoke to me about this issue earlier in the summer. At first, they thought that very little could be done, and that it was just a very inconvenient mistake – but I took the matter up with Google’s UK offices.
“Because of the way Google have labelled their maps, many Sat Nav users and delivery drivers have been directed to the wrong place. Residents in this part of the village have had to deal with various mix-ups, including repair engineers coming to the wrong house, deliveries going astray – and even receiving Chinese take aways that someone in the next road had ordered. All because of a simple error made by someone in the glass towers of Google.”
Chris has taken up various issues on behalf of Culcheth and Glazebury residents, but he says that this is the first one he has ever known go international.
“Over the past few years, I’ve brought dozens and dozens of issues to the attention of the police, the council, or utility companies… but I’ve never had one travel all the way to California before!” he said.
“But I’ve always pledged to ensure that Culcheth and Glazebury are ‘on the map’ – so I hope that Google bosses will put this right as soon as possible. In the meantime, it’s nice to know that our community is being recognised over 3,000 miles away.”
