The Hounslow Chronicle reports on Boris Johnson's refusal to divert the 110 bus to serve Whitton High St - despite the petition that Caroline Pidgeon presented to him in June with the backing over over 1,000 local residents.
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Caroline and a team from City Hall went on an afternoon walk in Islington on Tuesday 3rd August with Sustrans officers Carl and Matt. The fact finding walk is part of Caroline’s investigation into making walking easier and safer in London. The report will look at what the Mayor is doing to make walking safer in London and suggest things he can do in the short, medium and longer term to encourage more Londoners to walk around our great capital city.
The walk started at Highbury and Islington station and finished at Finsbury Park station and followed an entire Connect2 project. Connect2 is a UK-wide programme to develop 79 cycling and walking routes by 2013. Funded the Big Lottery Fund, with matching grants from other sources. The walk showed a number of different walking environments which have been redesigned to increase their attractiveness including a “pocket park” and a “DIY Street” on Monsell Road.
Caroline and a team from City Hall went on a long walk on Tuesday 3rd August with Sustrans officers Carl and Matt. The fact finding walk is part of Caroline’s investigation into making walking easier and safer in London. The report will look at what the Mayor is doing to make walking safer in London and suggest things he can do in the short, medium and longer term to encourage more Londoners to walk around our great capital city.
Sustrans is a UK charity set-up to identify practical ways for people to travel in a more sustainable and healthy way. The visit was an opportunity to look at two programmes delivered by Sustrans GOAL (Greenways for the Olympics and London) - a broad programme of work including the development of an extensive network of London Greenways, the National Cycle Network and a network of walking and cycling routes around the Olympic park, and Connect2, a UK-wide programme to develop 79 cycling and walking routes by 2013.
Caroline was delighted to take several members from Barking and Dagenham on a tour around City Hall. Caroline showed the group the Chamber, London’s Living Room at the top of City Hall and the wonderful aerial photograph of London on the lower ground floor.
“It is always lovely to chat with Londoners about the work we do holding the Mayor to account and showing them around City Hall” commented Caroline.
Caroline joined other Southwark Liberal Democrats at the wonderful Surrey Docks Water Sports Centre for a summer barbecue and taster of sailing and kayaking on the water.
“It was a fantastic day out and I particularly enjoyed watching colleagues out on the water learning to kayak and of course, to see Cllr Jeff Hook sailing one of the boats. The food was also excellent – thanks to Alvin and Lorraine for the veggie barbecue. Looking forward to next year’s event!” commented Caroline.