The campaigners who pushed Transport for London to fix the broken escalators at Cutty Sark DLR station have now turned their sights to the out-of-order lifts in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel. Maureen O’Mara, a former Labour councillor, and Karin Tearle, a Green Party candidate, have launched a petition calling for control of the foot tunnel […]
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News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich LTN challenged by Tory, independent and Green councillors
Conservative, independent and Green councillors have challenged a decision to make the part-time low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath permanent, meaning there will be a hearing about the issue at Woolwich Town Hall next month. Streets east and west of Greenwich Park have been closed to through traffic during peak times on weekdays since November […]
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Green light for two-way cycle route through Greenwich town centre
A two-way cycle lane will be installed on the north side of the Greenwich one-way system after plans were approved by Anthony Okereke, the council leader. The gyratory will remain for now, but space on College Approach used for waiting and loading will be given over to a new cycle lane. The plan also includes […]
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Greenwich and Blackheath’s LTN set to stay – despite increased rat-running
The part-time low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath could be made permanent next month — despite the council admitting that it has exacerbated rat-running through side streets in Charlton. Streets east and west of Greenwich Park have been closed to through traffic during peak times since November as part of long-running attempts to stop drivers […]
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Trafalgar Tavern boss ‘not gleeful’ after winning battle with council
The boss of the Trafalgar Tavern pub has said he feels “no glee” after winning a battle with Greenwich Council over benches and tables on the Thames Path. A planning inspector backed Frank Dowling in his appeal to keep the riverfront beer garden after a public inquiry which the pub owner believes “should have never […]
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Huge 3,000-seat theatre set to open on Greenwich Peninsula
A 3,000-seat theatre could come to the Greenwich Peninsula in what is being billed as “a new landmark for London”. Troubadour Theatres wants to open two auditoriums with 1,500 seats each next to the London Cable Car, on land currently used for coach parking and recently occupied by the HQ of the Silvertown Tunnel project. […]
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More than 1,300 student flats to be built opposite the O2
The view across the Thames from the O2 could change again soon after more than 1,300 student rooms and 208 homes at Orchard Wharf were approved by Tower Hamlets councillors. Property developer Regal also plans to build a facility to process parcels delivered by river on the site, which faces the Greenwich Peninsula and is […]
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel user creates app to warn of lift closures
A disgruntled user of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel has created a web app so fellow walkers and cyclists can warn each other when the crossing’s unreliable lifts are broken. The lifts have been regularly out of action since a botched refurbishment by Greenwich Council 14 years ago. Both Greenwich and Tower Hamlets councils own the […]
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