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Don't worry. Within a short time the traffic will evaporate and many of those who had used cars will cycle. Simpulz.

https://southwarknews.co.uk/news/community/gala-festival-set-to-hold-mammoth-six-day-event-on-peckham-rye-park/ My mistake. It does seem that for this year it will be the format used before. However, given the 6 days premises licence, they obviously plan to extend the event for 2024. I agree that we should continue to resist.

Supporting the continuation of the football club while also wishing to preserve MOL and freedom of access for all, should not be mutually exclusive.

I believe they are already advertising a 6 day event, having earlier said it would only be three. This suggests the events licence is a given.

Devastating result. Add this to moves moves to remove protective covenant of MOL at Greendale and we can see the direction of travel. I am assuming that anyone anywhere in the Borough could vote in favour of Gala for 6 days. Cannot believe 56 in favour is made up of people living near the Rye. I imagine objectors were local, so wonder what weight was given to those who are not?

My understanding is that DHFC have promised to give Charter schools free access to the new pitch and facilities, for how long is not clear. This does not address the point that the current astroturf is free for all to use and is therefore a community asset. Making facilities free for Charter school use for an unspecified amount of time is a great bit of spin and will appeal to parents but the fact remains that land currently freely available for public use is being taken away from everyone else.

Tomskip, I don't understand. Are you saying that if you just get the bags your garden waste will be picked up free of charge and you don't have to pay for that service? Why would you have to pay, now, £60 a year if you have a bin but nothing if you use bags? The bin men still have to lug them to the lorry. Or do you take yours to the dump yourself?

Does anyone know if Peckham sorting office has been investigated? My postal service continues to be dire and I am now really concerned about where all the missing mail has gone and whether it has been tampered with. It just feels as though RM do not give a stuff, there is no robust complaints process and they are getting away with it.

Thanks Legal. I have skimmed. Is there anything in for Dulwich Village, close to bike friendly Dulwich Square? Surely this is now a destination worthy of a dedicated hire bike parking/storage area?

And anyone who cares about democracy, transparency and a degree of plain old honesty, should continue to call out the imposition of LTNs.

Thanks legal. I see The Friends of Dulwich Square got £3000.. for what, I wonder? Cannot believe the cost of cycle hangars. £5000 for a hangar in Friern Road.

I would agree with paying more tax and for the council to focus on getting the basics right; road and path maintenance, waste collection etc.. as for free events, I am not really sure why the council need to offer these. In times of plenty then fine.

No problem with a self funding events team and for the range of free events but I don't think that quiet green spaces, the "lungs of the borough", should be sacrificed for weeks at a time, mid summer, to become a fund generator.

I wanted to add to this the relationship between urbanisation, loss of access to green and quiet environments, and stress. We really have to think carefully about losing green, quiet spaces for regular noisy, consumer events (pushing alcohol). Again, there are other, multiple venues for this, if people want it. The Council are not trying to improve the health of residents or improve the quality of parks. They simply want another revenue stream.

Another dodgy deflection attempt there by Mal.

And in that same thread /viewtopic.php?t=2249079&hilit=harriet+harman DuncanW was asking in 2021 how far left Southwark CLP was and was told by an insider "very" and who also described it as probably the most far left in the country.

"Clean air is a human right, not a privilege"... interesting in the context of LTNs.

In fairness, I suppose Thames Water may be keen to explain why pipes keep bursting and increased "weight of traffic" caused by LTNs is handy. Perhaps replacing the pipes in that area is now almost impossible as where would the traffic go while extensive work is underway?

My postal service is still abysmal and really important post missing.

Fascinating how frequently pipes are bursting, despite seemingly years of work and disruption locally. At the same time, TW currently installing residential water meters all around at break neck speed. Incredible how many personnel and resources they can throw at that.

I don't have strong feelings either way but, yes, the bias is plain for all to see, especially when we consider the rationale for extending Gala in the park to a month has been built around the narrative of the Council's really strong desire to fund free community events. It will be fascinating to see which ' community' events they push and which not.

This reminds me of one of the early cycling activists on here who objected to mobility scooters in cycle lanes, as this would slow down cyclists. They felt mobility scooters should go into bus lanes or on footpaths!

Too much grandstanding and back slapping for my liking, what with Cllr McAsh' references to himself and SLP being a latter- day Robin Hood, taking from the rich to give to the poor; Cllr Smith's bizarre turn on memories of wholesome school dinners in the 50's as his justication for approving the budget, and Cllr Rose... She had to be closed down by the Chair. Thanks LA for supplying the written answer to the events question. The answer was rather vague, I felt, on benefits to the park and also on the size and costs for the events team.

Could not see where issue was raised or answered. Cllr Rose gave a long, defiant speech supporting events in parks. Interesting to see Council politics play out. Really unedifying actually. For most involved it just seems a great game, however much they go on about their values and visions.

Clearly, absolutely anyone that dares so much as question LTNs is a fascistic-climate-denying-antisemite-anti-vaxxer-hip-hop-loving-petrol-headed- mansplainer...and that includes the women too!