It’s funny what you find in the pub, isn’t it? A single sheet left in The Pilot yesterday evening, revealing plans to build to the west of the Dome, on land west of Millennium Way (the road that leads up to the Dome) and across Tunnel Avenue. Street signs already bear a “Peninsula Quays” legend, […]
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News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Go Dutch in Greenwich: Boris bats it back to the council
Hot off the press from the London Assembly, a written answer from mayor Boris Johnson. A little recap. In May 2012, the mayor announced plans for a Dutch-style road scheme in Greenwich, to assist cyclists and pedestrians. Except he hadn’t told the council, nor had the council picked up the phone to ask what he […]
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Talking about cycling on Greenwich’s Thames Path
It hasn’t been the best of weekends to enjoy it, but the Thames Path is one of the best things about this part of London. If you take the borough as a whole, Greenwich borough has the longest riverfront in London, and as well as a walking route, it’s a designated cycle route too. A […]
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Watch out for Greenwich’s latest attraction – the Thames seal
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKsroXIv34M?rel=0&w=640&h=360%5D If the weather behaves itself enough for a stroll along the Thames Path over the next few days, keep your eyes out for a seal in the river. Will it be back this weekend? (Video from Nicola White.)
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Is the tide turning? Progress on Greenwich’s Thames Path
One of the first big barneys on this site was over the closure – well, destruction – of the Thames Path at Lovell’s Wharf in Greenwich, and the council’s subsequent grovelling to developers after that. Of course, the developers then downed tools after finishing the first phase, leaving a flooded hole in the ground where […]
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Silvertown Tunnel: Trouble in the council message centre
As the end of TfL’s consultation on river crossings looms (please, fill in http://www.tfl.gov.uk/rivercrossings by Friday), Greenwich Council’s Bridge The Gap publicity push to build a road tunnel between Greenwich and Silvertown, as well as a road bridge between Thamesmead and Beckton, has fallen into even more disarray. After all, nothing else can explain this […]
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The leader’s friends: Greenwich Council relaunches Silvertown push
After the media launch of its Bridge The Gap campaign was hijacked two weeks ago, I’d been wondering how Greenwich Council would try to breathe new life into its campaign to see a third Blackwall Tunnel built. Here’s how it did it – it called up its mates. You know when the council’s in trouble […]
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Greenwich Council’s Bridge The Gap campaign runs aground
So, you’re the PR boss of a London borough, earning £125,000 a year. You’ve cooked up a campaign to get a new road tunnel built which is going to lead to even more traffic piling into your already-saturated borough. It’s a controversial one. Your social media launch had to be pulled, so now you’re now […]
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