Greenwich Council’s Conservative group has asked Transport for London to halt the controversial Silvertown Tunnel scheme – so it can be assessed along with rejected plans for a Docklands Light Railway extension to Eltham. The borough’s main opposition group has lined alongside the Labour council’s leadership in backing the new road “in principle”, despite widespread […]
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Lewisham Council opposes the Silvertown Tunnel – but will Greenwich fall for TfL’s tricks?
Lewisham Council voted unanimously last night to oppose TfL £1bn Silvertown Tunnel scheme, on the grounds that it risks increasing both congestion and air pollution in the area. The Labour-run council endorsed a motion proposed by Blackheath councillor Kevin Bonavia, who mocked TfL’s claims on air pollution as “simply not good enough”. Lewisham’s opposition follows […]
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Electoral roll changes: More than 1 in 20 Lewisham people could lose their right to vote
Last month, this website revealed that one in 50 Greenwich borough residents could lose their right to vote under changes to the electoral register being introduced in December. Now it’s emerged that the situation is worse in neighbouring Lewisham – with more than one in 20 voters set to fall off the register if they […]
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Tom “Boris Watch” Barry: An appreciation
I’m sad to report the death of Tom Barry, the co-author of Boris Watch, a site I know many 853 readers will be familiar with. Tom also chronicled the ups and downs (well, mostly downs) of the cable car, and last year wrote a fantastic demolition of the Silvertown Tunnel scheme that may well come […]
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‘Green Trafalgar Road’ scheme wins City Hall cash for Greenwich
Congratulations to the East Greenwich Residents Association, whose scheme to “green” Trafalgar Road has won an £18,000 grant from City Hall. The neighbourhood group recently raised over £6,000 in a crowdfunding exercise to promote the plan to improve the environment along the main route through the area. EGRA wants to see street barriers covered with […]
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Greenwich Peninsula: 22.7% of new homes set to be ‘affordable’
Less than a quarter of homes on the new phase of Greenwich Peninsula development will be “affordable”, according to planning documents released by Greenwich Council last night. Greenwich planners are recommending councillors approve the scheme at a meeting on Tuesday 8 September. Just 22.7% of homes of the 12,678 won’t be sold at full rate, […]
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Crap development: Enderby Wharf neighbours disturbed by Greenwich’s ‘poo wagon’
It’s another tall ships weekend, but for a real sniff of what life’s like by the river in Greenwich these days, head down to Christchurch Way. Here, Barratt Homes has recently unveiled the first homes at Enderby Wharf – adjacent to the planned cruise terminal site. Unfortunately, these homes haven’t yet been properly linked up […]
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Greenwich cruise liner terminal: City Hall sides with council despite pollution fears
Mayor Boris Johnson’s deputy has backed Greenwich Council’s decision to allow a cruise liner terminal to be built at Enderby Wharf, east Greenwich, despite residents’ fears that it will increase air pollution in the area. The Conservative administration at City Hall sided with the Labour council on last month’s go-ahead for the scheme, even though […]
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