Royal Parks has launched a consultation asking users if it should make its recently-imposed ban on through traffic in Greenwich Park permanent. Drivers used to be able to use the park as a rush-hour cut-through, but The Avenue – the road leading up the hill from Greenwich town centre – has been closed since the […]
November 2020
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Greenwich Council’s ‘residents’ rainbow’ cost over £200 per message
853 exclusive: A Greenwich Council project to put messages from residents on trees cost the borough a total of £95,000 – more than £200 per message – after it included a laser show which was branded an “epic fail”. The Residents’ Rainbow, which was launched in September, was a response to the coronavirus crisis. It […]
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Cut car use by 45 per cent, Greenwich Council’s climate emergency plan urges
Greenwich Council wants to see a 45 per cent drop in the number of cars on the borough roads in the next nine years – and could implement controlled parking zones right across its area, according to its plan to address the climate emergency. The plan, to be discussed by councillors next week, aims to […]
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Troy Court: Council tenants to get £6,500 to move out for new Woolwich leisure centre
Tenants in a council block in Woolwich town centre are to be given £6,500 to moving out so their homes can make way for a new leisure centre. Greenwich councillors are set to agree at a cabinet meeting next week to demolish Troy Court, which stands in the way of plans to build the new […]
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Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley to get rapid coronavirus testing kits
Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley are among the boroughs who will be receiving lateral flow tests for coronavirus, which can deliver results within 15 minutes, the government has confirmed today. Health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the three authorities were among the 66 areas across England that will each receive 10,000 kits. Bromley, Southwark, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets […]
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Plans for Morris Walk Estate rebuild submitted with 766 new homes
Developer Lovell has submitted its planning application to redevelop the Morris Walk Estate on the Charlton/Woolwich border, with 766 new homes planned. The application comes less than two weeks after the final consultation into the scheme ended. Locals will be able to have their say in the coming weeks when Greenwich Council’s planning department publishes […]
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Revive Gallions Reach and Belvedere river crossings, Bexley Council demands
Bexley Council has backed a call to bring forward new Thames road crossings at Gallions Reach and Belvedere, four years after the plans were dropped by London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan. A road crossing at Gallions Reach, between Thamesmead and Beckton, has been talked about in one form or another for decades; and Khan’s Conservative […]
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Cray Valley PM: Eltham’s FA Cup heroes miss out on second-round tie
Dreams of FA Cup glory in Eltham are over for another season after Cray Valley PM narrowly lost their first-ever first round tie at Havant & Waterlooville yesterday. While Millers, who play in the eighth tier of English football, had been hoping to bring the likes of Charlton or Sunderland to Badgers Sports Ground on […]
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