I have lived at this address for 17 years, and had to put up with no pavement no drainage no adequate street Lighting,extremely slow internet, not to mention never having our road swept.

I know your standard answer is 'semi rural address', but this is not an exceptable excuse.
I pay over £130 council tax a month, soon to go up, I work for the NHS and have not had a pay rise in 8 years, how do you expect regular citizens to come up with the increases year after year; with no improvements to my services.

Many streets in surrounding areas are having their street lighting replaced with modern improved lamps.
Another issue which really worries me is the tight Turn left onto Barling Road after the Rose Inn pub.
I have personally almost had a smash, I passed a rubbish truck with centimetres to spare, A very dangerous turn, which could have been rectified when the council worked on the raided bank, instead of reducing the bank so it could be a comfortable turn, they just dug in a new path, which considering it's the only path down the whole road, I find this hard to understand.
I am please to be giving you my issues, but I have no faith that you will be improving anything in my neighbourhood.

We pay higher rates my parents who live in Thorpe bay, which of course is kept in pristine condition under southend borough council, but do not receive any of the services .
Yours sincerely