Some of the cash which was due to fund doomed plans to create a gyratory system in west Greenwich has been reallocated to Woolwich town centre, according to mayor Boris Johnson. London Assembly member Darren Johnson asked the mayor about the scheme’s funding, as it appeared delays to the project would mean Greenwich Council losing […]
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Council ‘suspends’ Greenwich gyratory scheme
There’ll be cheers in west Greenwich this weekend as the hated plans to create a huge gyratory system have been “suspended” by Greenwich Council – you can read the full story over at greenwich.co.uk, along with an exchange of e-mails between the three local councillors and leader Chris Roberts. It’s good news, if not entirely […]
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Free tickets – but what’s with Greenwich’s Olympics secrecy?
“Games bosses woo Greenwich with free tickets,” yells today’s Evening Standard, with news that Greenwich Council has been given “thousands of tickets” for “a top-class horse-riding event in the park”. Actually, news about the Olympic test events in early July was all announced three weeks ago, but then news of south-east London has traditionally reached […]
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Revealed: Why TfL doesn’t want a gyratory in Greenwich
Last month this blog reported on Transport for London’s objections to Greenwich Council’s plans to create a massive one-way system in west Greenwich to enable it to pedestrianise a small part of the town centre, following revelations from a local residents’ group, West Greenwich CARA. Now the full objections can be revealed, with the release […]
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Greenwich’s Peninsula Festival plans set sail
The Peninsula Festival‘s organisers revealed their plans to local residents yesterday with a couple of meetings in the swish new office blocks next to the Dome. From the 11th floor, it’s easy to see where boss Frank Dekker gets his enthusiasm from – just look down at the vast empty spaces that remain on the […]
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Greenwich cable car inches forward
Not entirely new news, but the application for the Greenwich cable car has now made its way onto both Greenwich Council and Newham Council‘s websites, should you want to take a look and respond to it. In planning terms, it’s the “erection of a cable car, extending for a length of 1,100m over the River […]
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Tunnel Refineries to go out with a whimper, not a bang
A bit of excitement a couple of weeks ago as news reached 853 Towers of a “controlled explosion in Tunnel Avenue”. Not that anyone locally had been told, but Canary Wharf workers had been informed in case they thought the worst. Two and two were put together, and it seemed as if the silos at […]
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