Greenwich Council’s plans for a major new cycle route included a stretch that was little more than paint on a main road – despite long-established guidance calling for riders to be given segregated routes instead. The plans for a route from Woolwich to Abbey Wood called for cyclists to mix with lorries and buses on […]
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Upwood Road: Greenwich and Lewisham councils divided by another Streetspace scheme
Greenwich Council says it is “disappointed” with the lack of consultation from Lewisham Council on another scheme to stop rat-running across the boundary between the two boroughs. Upwood Road in Lee has been sliced in two to stop streams of drivers trying to avoid the South Circular Road and A20 and to make it easier […]
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‘Healthy neighbourhood’ Lee Green road closures to begin next week
Trial barriers will be put in residential streets in Lee Green and Lewisham from Monday, with residents getting less than a week’s notice because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lewisham Council had already planned to do a six-month trial scheme before the lockdown, where roads would be blocked off to through traffic as part of the Lewisham and Lee […]
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Nine-day rail closure coming at Hither Green because of virus restrictions
Railway lines through Hither Green will be closed for nine days from 25 July to allow Network Rail to finish work on a new signalling system that has been delayed because of the coronavirus. Engineers had hoped to finish work replacing the old 1970s signalling system through the station over Easter, but because of social […]
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Lewisham Council road closures plan ‘prioritises some lives over others’
Controversial plans to block off roads in Lee, Hither Green and Lewisham – including several on or close to the Lewisham/Greenwich borough border – as part of a “healthy neighbourhoods” scheme have been criticised at a public meeting, with Lewisham Council accused of prioritising some people’s lives over others. The council was criticised at the Lewisham […]
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International Academy of Greenwich planning meeting ends in chaos as new school refused
Plans to build a new free school on a sports ground in Lee were thrown out by Greenwich councillors on Tuesday night amid jeers and shouts of “you’re a disgrace”. The meeting at Woolwich Town Hall was packed with supporters of the International Academy of Greenwich and objecting neighbours, some of whom argued as they […]
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International Academy of Greenwich: Council planners recommend refusing new school
A free school should not be allowed to move to a sports ground in Lee, Greenwich Council planning officers have recommended ahead of a hearing next week. The International Academy of Greenwich wants to build a 765-pupil school on the Bowring Sports Ground, off Eltham Road. The free school, which opened in 2016, is currently […]
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Cash-strapped TfL spent £9,000 promoting Woolwich double-deckers
Transport for London has spent over £9,000 on advertisements promoting two Woolwich bus services becoming double deckers – even though other services are being cut back to save money. A total of £8,283 was spent on poster ads at bus stops at 21 locations along the route of the 178 service from Woolwich to Lewisham […]
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