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 […]
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Smithfield and Billingsgate markets could move to the Royal Docks
Smithfield and Billingsgate markets could move to a site across the river from west Thamesmead under plans being considered by the City of London. The site at Albert Island, just north of North Woolwich and between Royal Albert Dock and the Thames, would be a “win-win for traders and Londoners”, according to Chris Hayward, the […]
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What’s gone wrong with Greenwich Council’s Plumstead roadworks?
Bus users and drivers face another fortnight of delays because of the closure of a short stretch of road outside Plumstead bus garage – and Greenwich Council insists its temporary traffic lights are not to blame for this week’s long queues. Works to repair part of the bridge parapet at the junction of Pettman Crescent […]
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Greenwich’s ‘sustainable streets’ CPZ scheme branded a ‘done deal’
Updated story: Plans to introduce controlled parking zones across much of the north of Greenwich borough have been branded a “done deal”, after the council launched a complex consultation and gave residents less than six weeks to respond. The “sustainable streets” proposal will introduce permit parking to a wide swathe of the borough, from its western […]
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Row over attempt to delay by-election splits Greenwich Labour
A row over the timing of last year’s council by-election in West Thamesmead has split Greenwich Labour – with the council leader being criticised for asking two party members to withdraw requests for a poll to be held. The election was held on December 19, the last Thursday before Christmas, and followed the resignation of […]
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Councillors jeered as watered-down cladding fire safety motion passes
Residents of blocks in Thamesmead blighted by unsafe cladding jeered Greenwich councillors as a watered-down motion on fire safety was passed amid shambolic scenes in Woolwich Town Hall. Leaseholders in Royal Artillery Quays are in dispute with Barratt Developments, which built the riverside blocks two decades ago, over the type of cladding it plans to […]
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Labour fends off Lib Dem surge to win West Thamesmead by-election
Labour’s Jahdia Spencer won the West Thamesmead by-election – but little more than one in eight voters cast their ballots on the last Thursday before Christmas. Spencer won 464 votes – 45.1 per cent of the vote – while the housing campaigner Steve Day, standing as a Liberal Democrat candidate, took 336 votes (32.7 per […]
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Labour newcomer among five standing in West Thamesmead by-election
A woman who has been a Labour member for just two years – and has said she plans to go into politics in Bermuda – has been picked to be the party’s candidate in the West Thamesmead by-election. Jahdia Spencer, 26, was born in the archipelago but has lived in London since she was 16. […]
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