A second dockless hire bike operator has moved into Greenwich borough to compete with Lime – but with no agreement on creating bays where users can park their cycles. Forest bikes started to appear across the borough of Lewisham and parts of Greenwich last month. Its bikes can be cheaper than Lime for shorter trips […]
Blackheath news
News about Blackheath, London SE3 – including Westcombe Park – from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich Council has made £2.5 million from its low-traffic neighbourhood
Greenwich Council has collected £2.5 million from penalty notices issued in its low-traffic neighbourhood, councillors have been told. The council had issued 47,836 notices between January and the end of May, bringing in £2,495,000. Most drivers are barred from making north-south through trips on weekdays between 3pm and 7pm on a number of roads across […]
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Controversial Leegate tower could grow to 18 storeys under new plans
A planned 15-storey tower block at Lee Green could grow to 18 storeys with the new developer hoping to squeeze in more homes. A Lewisham Council planning committee approved a plan to build 562 homes on the site of the crumbling Leegate Shopping Centre in July 2023, despite objections from local councillors and residents’ groups. […]
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Another ten-week closure to fix Blackheath’s leaky rail tunnel
Train services between Woolwich, Charlton and Lewisham will be disrupted again for ten weeks this spring and summer as engineers work to fix a leaky rail tunnel under Blackheath. Network Rail has confirmed the line between Charlton and Blackheath will be closed from May 19 to July 27. Most trains will be diverted via the […]
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Ban Lime bikes from Greenwich if it doesn’t clean up its act, councillors demand
Greenwich Council could back a call to ban Lime bikes in the borough next week after two frustrated councillors spoke out against the company for not taking action against riders dumping their bikes on pavements. Since summer 2023 the council has been due to sign an agreement with Lime that would mean users would have […]
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Greenwich Council asks residents if they would help clean streets
Greenwich borough residents are being asked if they would volunteer to help clean their street as part of a consultation into cuts to the service. Earlier this year, the cash-strapped council said it wanted to cut 22 jobs and save £1.2 million by cutting street cleaning to as little as once a month in some […]
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Vandalism blamed for Greenwich Council’s decision to sell car park
Greenwich Council’s cabinet has approved plans to sell three car parks – with repeated vandalism partly blamed for the decision to put one of them on the market. The car parks – in Old Dover Road, Blackheath; Charlton Village and Abery Street, Plumstead – are being put on the market by the cash-strapped council as […]
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Greenwich Council houses approved for ‘village green’ in Blackheath
Six council homes will be built on a “village green” in a Blackheath conservation area, despite objections from the local MP and residents who said it was a place where children could play safely. Richmount Gardens was built as part of the Brooklands Park Estate in the 1950s. It features housing surrounding green space and […]
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