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It's going to be a Megan's, opening soon. https://megans.co.uk/east-dulwich-restaurants-megans/

Saw this on Twitter, the ?Ground Zero? reference is horribly distasteful and wholly inappropriate. Deeply worrying coming from a Conservative candidate who wants to represent the Dulwich Village community.

Suspect they are standing for Lib Dems as paper candidates as they?re not actively campaigning here. Can?t imagine that being helpful for the area if they were to get elected.

You see that @heartblock, other people see the huge increase (7 times) in children using Calton to safely get to school.

Traffic is down 12% and cycling up 61% - the schemes aren?t perfect but those are positive results.

This is veering massively off-topic, but just to clarify - there isn?t a ?recommended stage?. There is a list of applications, some basic checks will have been done I assume but the real rigour in the process is before the applicant receives the cheque - there are lots of additional forms to fill in, documents to provide etc before the funds are released. This is another example of people seeking a conspiracy when there isn?t one. heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The whole thing is very confusing, but I also > cannot understand how it gets to the 'recommended' > stage without due diligence,

Slarti you mustn't be familiar with the process for these grants. The lists that are published online are the long list of all applications. The meeting is the point at which the councillors announce the ones that have been successful, and for how much (not always the full amount).

ab29 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I donated to One Dulwich and have no problem with > that. Need to keep trying as long as there is hope > to remove the harmful, unjust and utterly > ineffective scheme which is LTN. The rest of the > money can be donated or, even better, used to > remove the planters and bollards currently > blocking the roads. How much is left?

One Dulwich update - ?The QC?s opinion is that the Council did not act unlawfully when it made the permanent traffic orders on 10 February 2022, so we have no grounds for a case.? ?28k well spent?

I?ve recently ordered some of these flyers to hand to drivers. Will report back as to how I get on. https://www.mumsforlungs.org/resources-and-downloads

Tomorrow?s park run in Dulwich Park has been cancelled

There?s a lot going on in this space @Wasely, cargo bikes are everywhere delivering where once cars or vans did. The potential to reduce polluting vehicle journeys is huge.

See here that they?ll be launching another one on Northcross Rd soon

Are children not also a protected group?

Nice that lots of people are using it already. https://instagram.com/peddlemywheels?utm_medium=copy_link Interesting to see the same company does ?Try Before You Buy? rental bike schemes (subsidised by Southwark council), with cargo bikes, kids bikes and electric bikes. Wishing them all the best!

I see a few mentions of the idling coaches from the independent schools - this is run by the Foundation Coach Service, maybe people should email their Transport Manager to complain? https://www.dulwich.org.uk/foundation-schools-coach-service/contact

The Dulwich Alliance petition on Southwark's website called for an 'Area-wide, camera-controlled permit scheme' https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=500000057&RPID=774218585&HPID=774218585

Depressingly every day on every street. Years ago I thought it was a lack of awareness, but now it seems to be pure selfish entitlement eg I want to be warm / charge my phone / pretend I?m not really parked on double yellow lines, with no regard to everyone else breathing in their fumes. Same goes for wood burning, people kid themselves an eco-burner is ?clean? without caring about the impact on their neighbours.

Do you support the Dulwich Alliance who are lobbying for a camera-controlled permit scheme @metallic? Presumably this is what the Conservative candidates for Dulwich Village will be promising also, given their close ties with ?the alliance?. Metallic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?1.472 million in fines paid from the Townley Road > Camera since it was put in. Even more apparently > from Dulwich Village camera looking north. What a > sin to punish decent working people with these > restrictions. > Figure sent to me by friends who received it on > the grapevine.

If only there was some way to avoid these fines. Metallic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?1.472 million in fines paid from the Townley Road > Camera since it was put in. Even more apparently > from Dulwich Village camera looking north. What a > sin to punish decent working people with these > restrictions. > Figure sent to me by friends who received it on > the grapevine.

When was traffic on East Dulwich Grove at 8am ever not bad Heartblock? You paint a picture that it was so much better before, but I remember very clearly it always being bad. You have your view, I have mine - they differ but thankfully we have evidence in the form of traffic data - which shows traffic is significantly reduced for the largest section, between Melbourne Grove and Townley (where the Charter school, health centre and Dutch Estate is).

Dulwich Alliance isn?t a separate group though, it?s an ?alliance? of One Dulwich with a few other groups. So the claim that One Dulwich was ever not politically motivated is dubious.

Excellent appointment to an important role - Chris Boardman to be the new commissioner for Active Travel England https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/22/walking-cycling-safe-england-mother-driver-travel-strategy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Good idea - unfortunately it?s got the stage where no matter what a councillor says some will twist it and interpret it in a way to suit their agenda. Cllr Leeming was helpfully informing people of the Thames Water works, he?s right it probably will be quicker to walk or cycle if you can possibly avoid driving. That?s true of most travel in London. jazzer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Perhaps bring this back to the topic, rather than > go of at various unconnected tangent's. > > If you want to talk about cllrs/MP, how about > starting a separate thread.

Your regular reminder that it wasn?t ?the vast majority of residents? but the vast majority of respondents. Two very different things, yet some struggle to tell the difference. Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Two Dulwich Village Cllrs along with other Labour > Cllrs in other Dulwich wards supported pushing > through a LTN scheme that wasn't supported by the > vast majority of residents, yet the attitude of > one particular Village Ward Cllr has stunk since > the start and now to pass the buck is a typical > politicians response when they're in power.