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richard tudor

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  1. NCP care park with intergrated coffee shop and estate agents perhaps including also a hidden Iceland shop
  2. Enjoy
  3. Zak Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > CPZ's are a fabulous cash cow for the local > authority > > Look what happened in Forest Hill: > ""At yesterday?s meeting of Mayor and Cabinet, the > Mayor approved the increase from ?60 to ?120pa for > Resident?s Parking Permits. Visitors permits will > also double, going up from ?2.80 to ?5.60 daily. > Weekly permits will now cost the same as five > daily permits instead of three". > > Don't be fooled by assurances from Southwark - > they need money and lots of it! > Charges for CPZs will only ever go in one > direction - up! At least someone else appreciates the financial aspect of CPZ and the damage it will cause to the local community. More old people left alone due to parking costs. Southwark needs loads, ?150 million to buy Tooley Street to start with.
  4. Southwark + cpz = money. Qed
  5. Just been announced in Southwark News that Southwark Council has made a ?150 million offer for their building at Tooley Street. More CPZ's needed to fund this. Amazing that non revenue producing concerns have no worries in spending money they dont have and only have by raising bills. Look at all charges very carefully from now on We are all in this together
  6. Highly paid consultants to be paid, very expensive rent increasing building at Tooley street, ?125million,overall cost for the life of the lease. Bottom line push thru as many revenue schemes as possible hoping that people will not notice and object. Case in question Peckham road just before Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone
  7. Dear DJKQ A very good response and having lived in NY for many years I can confirm the points you make. Holland I have been involved with on a personnel level for over 40 years and trying to compare this Country to us is very silly. Dutch towns, cities and villages all share one great asset. SPACE. Ring roads operate for them all and are all planned not like here. The density of housing is not crowded unlike here. Residential roads come off these ring roads serving the area. To make roads into Cul-de-Sacs here wont work for there is no ring road system only roads to move thru. Once you enter into this idea areas turn into enclaves. But then for ED I suspect this is what is wanted. Denmark again has space. Modern and planned London,be it cities or towns does not have the space to copy any of the above. One thing that is never mentioned in Countries like Denmark and Holland people do not commute as we do. 20/25 minutes to work is pushing it hence why they cycle on purpose built cycle roads. In this Country too many people, old and crowded roads, too many houses in limited space and no way easy to improve.
  8. Coops46 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > DJKillaQueen, I understand your point but New > York, Paris, Tokyo... These are megacities > improving road conditions in precisely this way - > by restricting car usage and focusing on getting > as many people through junctions, not cars. > > When we used to look at junctions, we asked, "how > many cars can we get through here an hour", this > lead to abominations like Vauxhall gyratory, and > this isn't a liveable situation. Now, we are > beginning to ask, "how many people can we get > through here an hour". By changing this mindset, > you can vastly improve the road system for > EVERYONE. > > At points like Waterloo roundabout, people on > bicycles represent 25% of thoroughfare through the > junction, and on Blackfriars bridge, bicycles > outnumber cars in rush hour. And this is just with > a modal share of 2% commuting by bicycle. > > Taking space from the car to build segregated > cycle ways actually means reduced journey times > for the car! Everyone is a winner. > > And one last thought, on the talk of money. > Hackney council trialled closing through roads on > residential streets, and made them permanent as > the road now had CHILDREN PLAYING on it! This is > the ultimate praise for a safe street. It also > meant the road was quieter, people were happier, > and house values went up on the street. Win, Win, > Win. > > When the health benefits, time saved and reduction > in congestion and car crashes are taken into > account, a nation can like Denmark profits 13p for > every KM cycled, where as for every KM driven by > car, society makes a net LOSS of 8p. Have you ever worked on and completed any road systems in any city town or village. It would be interesting to see the practical result apart from the usual outpouring of statistics.
  9. How about reinstating iceland.
  10. Coops46 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've only recently moved into E Dulwich, and I'm > quite astounded the state of the roads in this > family/retail area. People are double parked all > over Lordship Lane, cars speed up and down the > residential streets, and have access to all the > roads. > > People will only behave as well as the roads are > designed, and if you limit access to residential > side streets with bollards at one end, it means > through-traffic is reduced to a minimum. > > I agree that reducing the speed limit won't do > enough to help make things safe, but it's a start. So all this has happened since you moved to ED. You seem quite surprised that people have access to all roads. I am amazed you did not see this before you moved to ED. If people pay the relevant taxes they can use all roads. Why do I think many people suggest things that only benefit them and how it will effect the value of their property. Most people drive correctly and if there were sufficient Police Officers out on the beat they could catch and charge the idiots. Many years ago Camberwell Grove residents suggested having a Toll Gate to keep people out for road safety a bit like your bollard idea. It was rejected. ED is part of the overall Southwark community not a special enclave to apply their own rules.
  11. Southwark always try and put these type of consultations up just before the any holiday period.? If they need money perhaps they should release any consultants that might be involved in proposing this and other CPZ ideas involved. Instant money into the kitty to be used for more sensible plans.
  12. Thank you for the response but it does not answer the questions on people I look forward to hearing from you.
  13. Perhaps Cllr Barber could furnish the number of cleaning staff the council has got rid off and the number it had last year. Also he could let us know what the cleaning budget was for last year and what it is for this year and how it is allocated through the different wards now and in the past. To allow us to have a grasp off how deep the cuts have been on all staffing perhaps he might let us know exactly where these cuts have been made throughout the Council. Also perhaps he could let us know the number of new jobs that have been thought up and filled. This will allow us to see if it means fewer jobs.
  14. Would the closure of many of the area housing offices be to blame and lack of Housing and Estate Officers being out as they used to be inspecting streets before the borough was split into North and South. Also with Southwarks re-organisation i.e getting rid of staff. How can staff in Tooley Street for example or the call centre know what is going on in now lost neighbourhood housing areas. I sweep the pavement outside my house because it never gets done but resent having to pay over the top estimates for a non existent service. Do Southwark allocate a certain number of hours per day/week for this Service and at what cost. Perhaps the Cllr Barber could find out?
  15. You may be sad but others might have to depend on iceland to put food on the table at an affordable price. Think pensioners
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