Anecodtally, street cleaning hasn't changed that much over the pandemic, with the streets being just about as dirty as normal. That said, over a longer period

Anecodtally, street cleaning hasn't changed that much over the pandemic, with the streets being just about as dirty as normal. That said, over a longer period the main roads near me have been getting quite badly deteriorated due to a lack of responsive maintenance (filling potholes, repair after utility works) and a lacking capital budget for resurfacing. TfL (who has responsibility for maintenance of main roads as well as the city's public transport) has had its overall budget reduced and as road maintenance is not an important issue politically or from a revenue-generation perspective that budget has been reduced to a low level. During the heavy rains today, I took a walk down the Camberwell New Road (a major road of 2-4 lanes) and the road was completely covered with water in several places, in others the water covered the bus lane, although in some stretches the water was clear. The sewers were not overwhelmed by the rain, evidenced by the drains that were flowing well and draining, however around 70% of the drains were blocked, 20% by leaves and dirt which I could clear off but 50% blocked internally by silt. A normal maintance schedule involves cleaning the silt out with a lorry-mounted vacuum cleaner several times a year, but this seems not to be done! One drain was blocked by silt after a burst water main about 3 years ago and has not been unblocked since, despite backing up every time it rained and being reported to TfL through their road defect site many times. However, not all flooding can be blamed on blocked drains, as some sections of the road are incorrectly pitched or have no drains at all and will always pond during rain. This would properly be remedied during heavy resurfacing, but that is also long overdue.