Wednesday 16 September 2015
Forum discussions active on 16 September 2015
Tweets on 16 September 2015
Decision re relocation of bus stand: temporarily agreed subject to further discussions with residents in Waterloo Rd and TfL.
Wednesday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2015-09-16
Community Council ended 10.20pm. Meeting too long with heavy agenda and little time for discussion or questions.
£1.8m flat for sale next to Southwark Cathedral: http://t.co/04OChjPt7R
Not allowed to keep engines idling. Centre line in Waterloo Road being moved shortly.
Noise too from bus staff and rubbish. TFL says part of N - s cycle cycle highway. Agreed there was overlooking.
Resident from Dodson Estate complains re bus stand on WBR for City Tours suddenly appeared in May. Engines are idling, brake noise too.
Representation from residents of Polichrome Court of moving of City Tour bus parking bays to Waterloo Road. Constant activity of buses ....
StPeterWalworth Funny to call residents 'the audience' at Community Council...? #bbwcc And what happened to item 10?! @se17 @se1
Chaucer Ward defers decision re road improvement. Newington ward John Ruskin Street.
@cathedralsdavid thanks Cathedrals ward residents for suggestions re road improvement. Supports Gladstone Street works.
Waterloo to Greenwich Quietway cycle route now scheduled to open "late 2015" according to TfL Commissioner
Update from TfL commissioner re North South Cycle Superhighway works pic.twitter.com/fsW56ygigH
Has anyone seen TfL "travel ambassadors" helping people navigate Elephant & Castle junction? pic.twitter.com/7lwLRRbLCf
45% footprint will be open space. 433 local people employed. Some still working after 6months.
Some traffic disruption will be unavoidable. Master plan to include better through routes. First New park in London.
Energy hub to provide all energy needs. Environmentally friendly. Community op cafe and hall, also a Nursery. New pipe work over 9 months.
One the Elephant: putting E&C on the map! South Gardens building fast. West Grove - 593 new homes. By old Town Hall.
Remember not to mention Heygate Estate. Now Elephant Park. Now LendLease on the green heart of Elephant. Also Trafalgar Place, nearly full.
Servicing at news shopping centre to be in basements to minimise pedestrian conflict. Aims to be as accessible as possible.
...businesses for future, including space for start ups to keep people in Southwark. A good town centre should include evolve organically.
E&c:Coronet included in site. work in progress on way cinema could be included. Shopping centre will close, working with existing ...
Allies & Morrison to restore Oswin street to former state. Renew Pastor Street through the site too.
Allies & Morrison looking at spaces and routes between buildings. East - west routes to be improved. New Gallery for LCC.
Allies & Morrison reviews E& C shopping centre site. Aim to make many small interventions cf one big scheme. Improve transport connections.
Delancey to run workshops on development of E&C. Exhibition early Jan 2016. Architect is Allies & Morrison.
Community Council now hears from Delancey' s consultation for shopping centre. Feedback: proposals seen positively esp leisure, culture
Q about possible long time closure of Tower Bridge. No answer today but will reply. Also no info on providing more seats at bus stops.
TfL recommends allowing longer to travel in am peak. Traffic monitored and controlled at Palestra.
Two way traffic at E&C by December.
Matt Jarman on E&C; closing subways, segregated cycle ways, roundabout changes, more public spaces, better public realm
Matt Jarman for TfL road network: £4m to be spent on improvements
Northern line extension to open 2020 Kennington to Battersea via Nine Elms. Quiet ways developed for novice cyclists - response needed.
Val Shawcross speaks on work as London Assembly member on improving way in which changes being made.
Neil Coyle thanks Val Shawcross for major works alongside Tfl through the years.
Neil Coyle MP thanks police for efforts re investigation into local murder. Thanks for voting him in to parliament.
Insp Nicholson is putting a reassurance plan into action for estates. He does not expect reprisals.
Yet this morning at #mqt Boris claimed reports of PCSO cuts were a bogus Labour press release https://t.co/vZgQBVaguF
26 per cent increase in violent crime in N Southwark esp teenage knife crime. Report on Monday stabbing. Incident room 020 8721 4805.
Robbery down 50per cent.
Insp Martin Nicholson reports on shrinking Met Police. Pcsos may be made redundant 29 Sept. On target re crime reduction.
East Walworth football team thanks councillors for funding for 100 plus children per week at. Football Academy
MPSGrange Safer Transport will be providing cycle marking at our crime prevention stall at the Bermondsey Street Festival this Saturday.
Lambethsustrans Unfortunately due to poor weather we will be cancelling tonight's #DrBike session in Waterloo @lambeth_council
Crossbones Forum meeting tonight with @TheGooseSez et al: http://t.co/ihUnxib4FT
Blackfriars Circus - homes go on sale in Hong Kong this weekend: http://t.co/W6k85assY3
Tower Bridge due to lift 2.20pm for Stavros S Niarchos pic.twitter.com/3mnUnYPAQi
TfLTrafficNews Demo- Q's on Tooley St over London Bridge. Traffic also slow on Borough High St. S/bnd q's across Tower Bridge to East Smithfield.
njardim33 Cabbies on the march tooley St.@TheLTDA pic.twitter.com/ZafBAMKbxC
SimonConway Black cab drivers protest now left Tooley St, gone over London Bridge, possibly towards Westminster. pic.twitter.com/g9BU8p7XuT
SimonConway Hundreds black cab drivers protesting now. "We hate Johnson, we hate Johnson, we are the Johnson haters" they chant pic.twitter.com/mp0eB13DmH
leewd19 Now on the march to Tooley St pic.twitter.com/9XdUGOoXDI
SimonConway Protest march up and down Tooley St by black cab drivers. They're fed up with @TfL and @MayorofLondon. @LBC pic.twitter.com/26MdyLikBh
SimonConway Black cab drivers march down Tooley Street in Southwark following protest at City Hall. @LBC pic.twitter.com/UHWL018oOf
RT @TheQuayPoint: @MPS out in force as #BlackCabs protest on Tooley Street behind #CityHall #London http://t.co/AoSoNXo5zs
Supportblktaxis Tooley street! pic.twitter.com/UUL6VacvvD
TfLBusAlerts Tooley Street, SE1 - Routes 47 343 381 RV1 are subject to diversion and delays due to a Taxi demonstration
MayorWatch Here's where Boris and the AMs have decamped to: pic.twitter.com/Y1l2SGIz6D
MayorWatch Member of City Hall security staff knocked unconscious in scuffle outside the building.
gilloballybay Taxi protest now has closed Tower Bridge, I can hear sirens and police cars dashing past. @se1 #Uber #BlackCabs #TaxiStrike
It's September - that means it's @MergeFestival time in Bankside. pic.twitter.com/hT2Q3SIt2O
MPSSouthwark There is currently a protest causing congestion nr City Hall and Tower Bridge. Police are in attendance. Please avoid the area for now ^KJR
Moulin Rouge is tonight's free open-air movie at The Scoop: http://t.co/cgfYk9wbBQ
troshy Taxi protest on Tooley street outside City Hall @se1 pic.twitter.com/s3d90n8c1l
Learn about the new cancer centre at Guy's Hospital - drop in event at _St Thomas'_ today http://t.co/5UH9kPoQbQ
At today's @LondonAssembly meeting at City Hall, Kemi Badenoch will join Assembly as Tory AM following resignation of Victoria Borwick.
Borough, Bankside & Walworth Community Council meeting tonight: http://t.co/guD3qDxwuW
se17 In July traffic wardens issued 70 parking tickets in Elephant Road
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