Transport for London is asking the government for £800m to build a Docklands Light Railway route to Thamesmead – but the Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham appears to have been deferred. London mayor Sadiq Khan announced plans to run the DLR to Thamesmead four years ago when approving the Silvertown Tunnel, but no funding has […]
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News about Abbey Wood, London SE2, from The Greenwich Wire.
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TfL refused to pay for ‘paint on road’ cycle route on Plumstead High Street
Greenwich Council’s plans for a major new cycle route included a stretch that was little more than paint on a main road – despite long-established guidance calling for riders to be given segregated routes instead. The plans for a route from Woolwich to Abbey Wood called for cyclists to mix with lorries and buses on […]
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Uncertain future for Greenwich & Bexley hospice as it adapts to life after lockdown
The world has been on pause for most of us since we were plunged into lockdown all those months ago. But for Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice, the world has gone on – and the work it does is more important than ever. Carers have spent the last three months trying to provide a little […]
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Stop dumping goods outside our shops, under-pressure hospice charity pleads
Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice has appealed to people to stop dumping items outside its 17 charity shops, as it is having to pay for the cost of clearing the rubbish up. The hospice, which is based in Abbey Wood, is already having to deal with a loss of funding due to the coronavirus shutdown […]
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Plan to convert Plumstead’s Plume of Feathers pub into takeaway withdrawn
A proposal to turn an 18th century pub in Plumstead into a restaurant and takeaway has been withdrawn after objections from local residents. The Grade II-listed Plume of Feathers, on Plumstead High Street, closed in April 2019 and was sold by the pub giant EI Group to an Abbey Wood-based property company, Dhadda Estates, three […]
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Greenwich Council job agency sorry for texting staff to say they would not be paid
A Greenwich Council-owned business has apologised after telling its employees via text message that they wouldn’t be paid due to the coronavirus outbreak. Gateway, an employment agency which is part of the council-owned and managed company GS Plus, sent a text message to its employees last week stating there would be no work because of the […]
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10-storey development on site of Abbey Wood pub set for approval
Bexley councillors are poised to approve a 10-storey block of flats on the site of the old Harrow Inn pub, two months after their counterparts in Greenwich approved a five-storey development across the road. Members of Bexley’s planning committee will vote on whether to allow the housing association Peabody to build 66 flats on the […]
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Woolwich and Abbey Wood Crossrail ‘will open in summer 2021’
Woolwich and Abbey Wood Crossrail stations will finally open their doors in summer 2021, two and a half years behind schedule, the company building the troubled rail link announced this morning. The line’s central section – between Paddington and Abbey Wood – had been due to open at the end of 2018, but the £18 […]
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