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  1. Yup, that is how it will go and very much the plan. Once, and if, that source of funding runs dry they'll be looking around for others.
  2. Not just roads but pavements too. Paving on NX already looking shabby and in places a trip hazard; ditto other local streets. Could some of that money be used for maintenance of street trees? Perhaps that is already happening? The other thought is fly-tipping on street corners?
  3. At Southwark council level, taxing electric car users is a definite, they are also looking at woodburners and, as a natural extension of that we should not be surprised if gas use crops up too. Should car use ever be significantly reduced they will need to introduce some form of road tax and surely e-bikes and ordinary cycles would be near the top of the list.
  4. For now, in the very immediate future, electric vehicles are being incentivised but that is not to last. Cllrs Rose and McAsh have been very clear that electric cars are next on the hit list.
  5. Don't forget the infamous 'parking stalkers' of East Dulwich- the mythical creatures that allegedly intimidated residents while waiting to nab their parking spaces in the morning. They all simply disappeared once councillors got the CPZ they needed on the Charter School side of Melbourne Grove etc..
  6. Google Dr Simon Fradd and you begin to see what this man and his city boy mates have done long-term to our GP practices (nationwide, not just locally). He was behind Concordia and the drive towards super GP Practices; medical telecare, no GP surgery on Saturdays and so it goes on. Those within the various healthcare Trusts would have known his record, he is/was a big wheel within the GMC and yet, it seems, he and his mates were handed the Tessa Jowell GP practice on a plate.
  7. What would be refreshing is if they could simply tell the truth; they desperately need money; some bad decisions had been made in the past; in future they will dump the vanity projects and focus on the basics and essentials- none of those are 'sexy' and probably quite dull for those of the councillors that are career politicians, but dull and dutiful is what we need.
  8. I believe Openreach is a wholly owned BT subsidiary company, so the notion that BT workers can only contact OR via foreign call centres seems absurd. BT also now owns EE. It was suggested to me that I could have a new BT contract and better internet speeds but when I pointed out that the wires into my home were copper and, I have been told by OR and BT, are unlikely to be replaced any time soon, it could not be explained to me quite how performance would improve. However fast the fibre signal to the cabinet is, it will degrade as it goes through the copper- at least that is my understanding.
  9. Has anyone else noticed the xmas lights hooked up to lamp posts down NX road. They were on today at 4pm?!
  10. Just checking again, did anyone ever get one of the 8000 leaflets Cllr James McAsh is on record as saying were sent out around a week before the consultation closed?
  11. Good news that for this year they have dumped the 6 day event and reverted to three. Is the whole build and dismount process within the same timeframe or has that been reduced? Problem is they have the premises licence in perpetuity, so I think they'll try to extend the event again next year and the year after that. Cllr Catherine Rose, the Cabinet member in charge, really, really wants many more events and, of course, the income, so she'll be looking for ways to make the extension happen, I'm in no doubt. Be prepared to fight on!
  12. Thames Water has been installing smart meters for each home. You can lift off the covering and see the meter. Before you go to bed go out and take a reading (photo). Ensure that overnight nobody flushes the loo or turns on taps. As soon as you get up and before you fill the kettle, go out and take another reading. If it is the same as the other reading then I doubt you have a leak. If there is a difference then you need to investigate. I think at that point you could turn off your water at the mains and watch the meter, if it turns then it could be a leak external to your property.
  13. If this consultation ( the one on Southwark's website) is genuine then why are we not able to see the input and comments? It seems Southwark is keeping the public response under wraps, although presumably sharing those with Gala, hence a further meeting with Gala in March? It says the Council consultation closed late January, so why can't we see what the public response was?
  14. Fair enough. If all sorted at the contractor's expense and properly sorted then at worst an inconvenience.
  15. But remember, Southwark Council is the great protector of the environment and champion of climate change. I agree, you couldn't make it up. How on earth do they imagine those trees will get water...bizarre.
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