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 low-traffic row takes up 90% of my time, complains council transport chief
Greenwich council’s cabinet member for transport snapped at a local resident asking questions about the Hills & Vales low-traffic neighbourhood in west Greenwich, complaining that most of her working time was being taken up by the issue. Sarah Merrill told a resident that the controversy around a small set of streets west of Greenwich Park […]
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Boris Johnson wrong to demand we ‘crack on’ with low-traffic zones, Greenwich transport boss says
Greenwich Council’s new cabinet member for transport says that she disagrees with Boris Johnson’s support for “cracking on” with low-traffic neighbourhoods. Sarah Merrill spoke out after the borough’s opposition Conservative councillors announced they were holding a public meeting about the road schemes, which seek to cut rat-running in residential roads and to make it easier […]
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Hills and Vales: You need to compromise, angry low-traffic zone residents told
Residents in Greenwich borough’s only low-traffic neighbourhood have been told they have to “compromise” over plans to allow traffic to run through their area during the morning rush house. Sarah Merrill, the cabinet member for transport, told BBC Radio London that residents and drivers needed to “find a way to share our space respectfully”. 853 […]
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Planters to be replaced by cameras in west Greenwich’s low-traffic neighbourhood
Planters in Greenwich borough’s only low-traffic neighbourhood are to be replaced by cameras after “alarming” feedback from emergency services, the town hall’s new cabinet member for transport has said. Sarah Merrill said that using cameras could allow flexibility for future low-traffic neighbourhoods to only be in operation for certain times of the day, and would […]
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We want to see Santander Cycles in Greenwich, council transport chief says
Greenwich Council has been pressing City Hall to extend London’s cycle hire scheme into the borough, it was revealed last night. The town hall’s new cabinet member for sustainability told last night’s council meeting that a meeting had been held with officials from the London mayor’s office to make the case for an eastwards extension […]
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Greenwich Council asks Royal Parks to reopen Greenwich Park to through traffic
Greenwich Council has asked if Greenwich Park can be re-opened to traffic each morning to deal with persistent congestion in the area following the lifting of lockdown resources. Sarah Merrill, the new cabinet member for transport and sustainability, said that a “cocktail” of circumstances – including the council’s own low-traffic neighbourhood in west Greenwich and […]
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Councillors stay silent as Greenwich’s historic Borough Hall goes up for sale
Greenwich Council’s cabinet agreed to put the historic Borough Hall on the market tonight without discussing the issue in public. The planned sale of the Grade II-listed building comes after plans to lease it to the theatre company Selladoor collapsed without agreement. Selladoor, which runs regional theatres across the UK, had planned to add a […]
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