7pm update: A High Court judge today allowed the judicial review against Greenwich Council’s decision to proceed. Greenwich Council said it was “disappointed at the further delay“. On Tuesday morning, a High Court judge will hear an application to hold a judicial review into Greenwich Council’s decision to allow the London City Cruise Port to […]
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Unlucky 13: TfL’s smokescreen obscures river crossings debate
You might have noticed TfL started a new consultation into its planned road river crossings at Gallions Reach and Belvedere a few days ago. You didn’t? Well, what you may have seen is a story about TfL planning 13 new crossings across the Thames. The trouble is – it’s nonsense. Most of the crossings have […]
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Why no Boris bikes in Greenwich? Because nobody wants to pay for them
Back in June, this website reported Boris Johnson giving his backing for cycle hire bikes coming to Greenwich. A few weeks back, Greenwich’s Tories decided to put a motion before the council suggesting it talk to City Hall about introducing such a scheme in Greenwich town centre, where the bikes are a regular sight. The […]
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Labour backing for Silvertown Tunnel could cost party City Hall
If Labour’s candidate for London mayor backs building the Silvertown Tunnel, he or she could lose nearly half of their vital second-preference votes if the Green Party carries out a threat to withdraw support over the issue. The damage could be even worse if the Liberal Democrats follow suit and also call for a boycott […]
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How the Greenwich Time row could be ended tomorrow
One thing that was notable about Tuesday’s Greenwich Council decision to go to court to fight for the future of its weekly paper, Greenwich Time, was the response on Twitter that evening – it was unanimously hostile. The justification for Greenwich Time that appeals the most to its Labour defenders is that it allows the […]
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Silvertown Tunnel: The perils of the path of least resistance
As with most propaganda, it’s not what they tell you that matters – it’s what they’re not telling you. So it’s striking that Greenwich Council’s weekly Pravda, Greenwich Time, has neglected to tell readers about leader Denise Hyland’s trip to Westminster last month to lobby MPs for the Silvertown Tunnel. Think the Bridge The Gap […]
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Return of the Silvertown Tunnel: Time to fight Boris’s toxic tunnel
TfL’s still got no evidence, but it’s now got some pretty pictures as to how its fantasy tunnel from the Greenwich Peninsula to Silvertown might look. More at No to Silvertown Tunnel. (PS. TfL’s new consultation now means this website may go quiet for a little while…)
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Bridge East London: Come Labour bombs and fall on Plumstead?
The road lobby’s getting itchy. Monday saw the London Chamber of Commerce publish a new design for the road bridge it’s desperate to see built between Thamesmead and Beckton. The Evening Standard obligingly spun it as a “bicycle-friendly” bridge, because it has a pedestrian and cycle lane beneath the dual carriageway taking it across the […]
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