A key bus route serving North Greenwich and Queen Elizabeth Hospital is being reduced in frequency by Transport for London – but the council says it was not consulted and has protested about the decision. The 486 service, which runs through Charlton, Woolwich Common and Shooters Hill to Bexleyheath, will be reduced from six buses […]
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Greenwich Council’s ‘sustainable streets’ CPZ consultation cost £640,000
Cash-strapped Greenwich Council spent £640,000 on its consultation into introducing controlled parking zones across a huge swathe of the borough before scrapping most of the plans last month. The “sustainable streets” programme had included introducing permit and paid parking spaces across an area stretching from Lee Green in the west to Plumstead and Thamesmead in […]
‘Ray of light’ as council agrees to meet equestrian centre campaigners
Greenwich Council has agreed to meet campaigners who want to save the borough’s Olympic legacy equestrian centre from development. The “ray of light” came after Greenwich refused permission for the site in Shooters Hill to be designated an asset of community value – even though one of the conditions set for the original centre was […]
Labour anger as members denied right to pick Shooters Hill candidates
Labour has denied local party members in Shooters Hill the right to choose their candidates for May’s council election – just weeks after it lost a by-election in the ward with a candidate who had been parachuted in. Party officials are considering resigning over the issue, which comes as Labour members across the borough finally […]
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