Archive for Month: July 2019
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CS9 and Chiswick’s shops – comments on Professor Tom Pike’s research into the effects of Enfield’s mini-Holland scheme on shops, cafes, restaurants
29th July 2019An open letter from Helen Osman, an Enfield resident who promotes Winchmore Hill, to Professor Tom Pike’s emails and Tweets in which he counters what local traders say has happened to shops, cafes and restaurants as a result of the Enfield mini-Holland scheme. Dear Professor Pike, I have been forwarded several emails and tweets relating to your…
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Who spends most – people who walk, drive, travel by bus, train or tube or cycle?
28th July 2019TfL-commissioned research to determine the shopping behaviour, frequency and spend of visitors by different modes in selected town centres to establish the contribution made by bus users and other modes to the economic health and viability of town centres across London. The 2015 study included town centres with mini-Holland cycling schemes including Enfield. London’s walking and cycling commissioner, Will…
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Action needed on dangerous junction : Princes Avenue and Gunnersbury Lane
21st July 2019Councillor Joanna Biddolph has made another appeal for action on the dangerous junction in Chiswick’s Turnham Green ward, where Princes Avenue meets Gunnersbury Lane in the Gunnersbury Park Garden Estate conservation area. She has renewed her call for a mirror to be put on the lamppost opposite the junction which residents have been asking for…
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Hammersmith Bridge effects – further mitigation promised for Chiswick
17th July 2019Hounslow’s Conservative councillors met Heidi Alexander, London’s deputy mayor for transport, and Andy Wiseall, TfL’s principal traffic control engineer, to discuss improvements needed in Chiswick during the closure of Hammersmith Bridge Hounslow’s Conservative councillors Patrick Barr, Joanna Biddolph, Sam Hearn and John Todd this morning met London’s deputy mayor for transport Heidi Alexander and TfL principal traffic…
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Gunnersbury Park CIC shows signs of listening – join the debate about how it should be run
12th July 2019Gunnersbury Park CIC is holding a workshop discussion on how the park should be run. And MAMACO, in effect Lovebox/Citadel, is establishing a Community Advisory Board to ensure it is accountable, responsive and having a community benefit. It’s not enough but it’s a step in the right direction. After calling for several years for the Gunnersbury…
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Lovebox/Citadel – more information and how to complain
9th July 2019Details of road closures, traffic restrictions, parking and access during the Lovebox/Citadel festivals have been sent to residents. The letter also includes the residents’ line number and events hub website. Residents in the Gunnersbury Park Garden Estate, Thorney Hedge Road and Silver Crescent (in Turnham Green ward) and roads in Chiswick Riverside ward should have received…