Greenwich Council’s cabinet has agreed to spend up to £45,000 on further studies into a Docklands Light Railway extension to Eltham, with leader Chris Roberts declaring he wanted to “challenge Transport for London’s mentality” on new transit links. The council has already spent £25,000 on the report via its Eltham Regeneration Agency, which suggests an […]
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News about Blackheath, London SE3 – including Westcombe Park – from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich Council report suggests DLR on stilts to Eltham
Greenwich Council’s cabinet is preparing to mull over proposals for a £1 billion Docklands Light Railway extension to Eltham, which it claims could be built above the A102 and A2 dual carriageways – and pits the Labour council against the transport policies of the party’s mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone. The report, commissioned by the council […]
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Greenwich Council hides from Blackheath fireworks again
It’s Blackheath fireworks tonight – fingers crossed it doesn’t rain on one of south-east London’s best nights out. As hundreds of people stream up my road, in the London Borough of Greenwich, to watch the event, probably from vantage points in the London Borough of Greenwich, what is the London Borough of Greenwich doing to […]
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Greenwich and Blackheath Olympic traffic plans now online
They’ve been a bit late in coming, but full plans for what’ll happen to traffic in Greenwich and Blackheath during the Olympic Games – as well as parking in an area from Deptford to Plumstead – are now on the London 2012 website. It’s worth a look, even if you’re a non-driver like me – […]
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On Blackheath music festival gets court go-ahead
Plans for a two-day music festival on Blackheath have been upheld by magistrates, who threw out an appeal against it being granted a licence. Bromley magistrates dismissed the appeal brought by the Blackheath Society against Lewisham Council, which granted a 10-year licence to Nimby Events Ltd last year. The society now faces an £80,000 legal […]
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Greenwich Council urged 286 bus cut to fund gyratory
Greenwich Council suggested cutting the frequency of one of the borough’s few north-south bus links to help pay for its plans to pedestrianise Greenwich town centre, according to documents released by Transport for London. The scheme was shelved after objections from Transport for London, and the documents outline TfL’s worries – including its estimate that […]
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Counting the cost: On Blackheath festival off for 2011
From Michele O’Brien at the Blackheath Bugle, and as mentioned here a couple of weeks back, news that the planned On Blackheath festival is set to be abandoned for this year as a consequence of the lengthy court battle over Lewisham granting it a licence. However, the organisers have said they’ll reapply for a new […]
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On Blackheath festival: Greenwich councillors object
Six Greenwich councillors have joined forces to object to September’s planned On Blackheath music festival going ahead. The two Conservative and four Labour representatives, from Blackheath Westcombe and Greenwich West wards, are sending a submission to Bromley Magistrates Court in support of action being taken by the Blackheath Society, which says the event will cause […]
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