A panel of three councillors have called for plans for a rush-hour low-traffic neighbourhood in parts of Greenwich and Blackheath to be reconsidered. The council plans to close streets east and west of Greenwich Park to through traffic to stop drivers using residential streets to avoid queues on the A2 as part of an 18-month trial. […]
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Council by-election means Greenwich LTN hearing is on hold
A forthcoming council by-election has put a hearing into plans for a part-time low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath on hold. Conservative leader Matt Hartley and a number of Labour councillors had all challenged the decision to implement the LTN on streets either side of Greenwich Park, which would stop through traffic from using those […]
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Greenwich LTN plan to be challenged by Tory councillor
Plans to introduce a part-time low-traffic neighbourhood have been challenged by Greenwich’s Conservative opposition leader – meaning that a panel of councillors will have to hear concerns about the scheme. Matt Hartley, who represents Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham and is an opponent of the proposal, has “called in” the plans. The LTN would stop […]
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Return of the LTN: Council revives plans for traffic curbs in Greenwich and Blackheath
Just 18 months after scrapping the west Greenwich low-traffic neighbourhood, Greenwich Council is proposing bringing it back – but this time as part of measures to cut through traffic on both sides of Greenwich Park. A consultation opened on Monday evening, but went largely unnoticed on social media with the council preferring to use the […]
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CPZs for all as Greenwich Council unveils its transport strategy
Controlled parking zones could be brought in across Greenwich borough as part of the council’s new transport strategy, a draft version of which was published this week. The strategy was promised in the wake of the fiasco over the west Greenwich low traffic neighbourhood, which was scrapped six months ago despite the Labour council’s highways […]
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Cyclists should marshal school ‘walking buses’, Greenwich Council transport boss says
Cyclists should give up their free time to help marshal “walking buses” for children to get to school, Greenwich’s cabinet member for transport has said. Sarah Merrill, who scrapped a low-traffic neighbourhood in west Greenwich last week, complained that too many people lobby her on cutting car use in the borough, before getting in their […]
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Greenwich Council completes its U-turn and scraps Hills & Vales low-traffic zone
Greenwich Council is to scrap its low-traffic neighbourhood in streets west of Greenwich Park – only a year after a senior councillor promised that the scheme would “just be the start” of measures to cut traffic in the borough’s back streets. The decision, due to be signed off by Labour transport cabinet member Sarah Merrill […]
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Maze Hill and Westcombe Park low-traffic zone set to be abandoned
Greenwich Council’s plans for a low-traffic neighbourhood in parts of Blackheath and east Greenwich are set to be dropped – despite continued reports of speeding and antisocial behaviour by drivers in the area. Plans for the Maze Hill and Westcombe Park low-traffic neighbourhood, covering streets between Greenwich Park and the Blackwall Tunnel, were put forward […]
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