Goose Green Post-Consultation Proposal

[Mark]

I have just received an email from the Council about Goose Green and what changes they intend to make:

"Dear Sir/Madam,

Following the consultation we carried out last year, we have carefully considered the issues raised by members of the public who took part in the consultation. We would like to propose the enclosed scheme.

Scheme details

* Removal of the green fence and redeployment of it at another site,

* Installation of new fence matching exterior fence. Designation of that area thus contained as a dog exercise area,

* Relocation of rubbish bins and dog bins,

* Amendments to signage.

On the assumption that this proposed scheme meets with public approval we intend to commission these works over the next 3 months.

If you have any further comments on the proposed scheme please contact me.

Regards,

Ursula Allison

Parks Community Outreach Officer (Dulwich Area)

Environment & Leisure

Chatelaine House

186 Walworth Road

London

SE17 1JJ

Tel: 020 75250707

Fax: 020 75250773

Mob: 07903 261073

I've attached the PDF to this post.

Personally I think they're changes for the better (but then I don't have a dog)

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[Ted Max]

Seems the biggest change, apart from the colour of the fence, is that the dog "exercise area" (some free weights, a pool and a couple of treadmills, I assume) has got a lot smaller. At the moment the dogs have the whole bit down by the roundabout plus the diagonal on the Ondine side of the Green. This proposal cuts that to just the section by the roundabout.

[jim_the_chin]

so that'll be about half a million quid from the lottery then, if the dulwich park 'improvements' are anything to go by

[fractionater]

Contain all the dog poo in a smaller area - like it!

[citizenED]

It needs to be made a lot lot clearer which side of the fence is the Dog side. Make sure the signs are in English and any other language spoken in these parts ie Street and Sarf Lunun Chav.

citizen

[Michael Palaeologus]

Perhaps a pictorial sign of a dog pooing would meet all linguistic needs?

[fractionater]

Mikewbate Wrote:

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> Perhaps a pictorial sign of a dog pooing would

> meet all linguistic needs?

...may cause religious offence in this day and age though!

[Louisa]

I think it would be lovely if a small inner city farm was setup on one end of the green, with perhaps a small duck pond or something.. Goose Green is very historic, it's a shame it goes to waste as it is..

[Mark]

"...it's a shame it goes to waste as it is.."

it's not waste ground, it's used by hundreds of people everyday. Historically a green is "A grassy area located usually at the center of a city or town and set aside for common use" which it is. I agree that a duck pond would be nice though.

[Jeremy]

Ducks are lovely creatures... but can be noisy, and would drive the local residents mad!

[TillieTrotter]

Cant be noisier than cars. I think that sounds like a lovely idea

[Keef]

Do foxes eat ducks? ;-)

I know what Louisa is saying, I know lots of people nip there with the dogs, or walk across the green, but it feels like they could just make more of it...... That said, I have no suggestions as to how :-S

[mightyroar]

Hi Mark, good post. was there an email address to contact them on or just those phone numbers?

[Chartwell]

Friends lived in an apartment complex which looked out over a large pond with ducks - the ducks were so noisy (particularly at 4.00am)they were moved....I know, I know, there's a whole argument of what came first...

[fractionater]

I'd shoot the ducks if they woke me up!

[Keef]

I hope you don't actually own a gun mate, you seem very keen to shoot things! ;-)

[mockney piers]

Despite my hugely pacifist tendencies I have accidenatly discovered that one of the very few things I'm actually good at is shooting things. Double skeet at 15 ft, no probs. Rabbit at 100yards, boom.

Not proud though, faintly disturbed, cosmic jokes and all that!!

[Mark]

The Parks Department will be at at the Dulwich Festival Fair on Goose Green, Sunday 13th May and you can discuss the proposals with them.

(I have to say I have won some clay pigeon shoots in my time, perhaps an ED shooting team could be formed but this in not the thread to discuss this. No more mentioning of shooting on here please, it's about Goose Green)