Category: Roads

Councillor 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…

Hounslow’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…

Hounslow Conservative Councillors demand action to minimise the impact on Chiswick, Brentford and beyond of the closure of Hammersmith Bridge Councillor Joanna Biddolph has urged the leader of Hounslow Council, Councillor Steve Curran, to demand action from Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, and Councillor Stephen Cowan, leader of Hammersmith and Fulham Council (LBH&F), to…

We have been warned that Festival Republic, a well-known concert organiser, wants to announce before this weekend, and before having the necessary permissions and contract in place, that a festival called Gunnersville will be taking place in Gunnersbury Park over three days in September.  This arrangement has been described to us by the CIC as…

Joanna spent Monday, 25th February 2019 in Enfield listening to independent traders about their experience of the Mini-Holland scheme along the A105 through Palmers Green and Green Lanes then on to Winchmore Hill. This is her report. What they told me wasn’t a surprise – traders have been saying out loud what TfL doesn’t want…

After receiving complaints from residents, and reading about others’ irritations on social media (including from people who regularly cycle), I asked whether we could reassess the contract with Mobikes to manage the sudden proliferation of bikes – including many left inconsiderately, blocking bike racks so others can’t park their own bikes or left across pavements…

During the 2018 local election campaign, Labour made an ambitious pledge of £2m to tackle Hounslow borough’s potholes.  It is now inviting residents to report potholes so they can be programmed for repair.  I hae ma doots.  Have the criteria changed?  Will potholes we’ve reported before, that haven’t been filled because they don’t meet the…

The three Turnham Green councillors – Joanna Biddolph, Ranjit Gill and Ron Mushiso – have applied for funding, from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), for zebra crossings over Fishers Lane. Residents have long been asking for safe crossings to be installed on Fishers Lane so they can cross over Fishers Lane as well as reach…