Zoe Sellers writes: Wood Green is the heart of Haringey, drawing in people from across the borough and beyond to shop, work and have fun. Everyone with a connection to Wood Green is rightly proud of its history as a thriving town centre, and excited about its future as one of the capital’s best places […]
Residents suffered more than 24 hours of disruption from noise, pollution, congestion and delay as Alexandra Palace Way was closed from Friday night and traffic, including a stream of buses was diverted to bring Hornsey Park Road to gridlock. This was on top of continued congestion caused by the closure of Colney Hatch Lane (the […]
6.30am on 12th March and yet another crash in Hornsey Park Road - this time a head on collision between two cars. A neighbour called the police. Two fire engines came to move the cars. The road was closed for a time and traffic forced to U turn and divert to the Mary Neuner Road. […]
UPDATE FROM MEETING ON 18TH MARCH Tuesday's meeting revealed what many have suspected all along - there really is no clear consensus on whether the Wood Green CPZ should be reduced, and if so, the hours it should cover. Some were for reducing the CPZ, some were adamantly against it. Those against, with few exceptions, […]
UPDATE JULY, 2014 Not much to say - work started in April on the 16th month scheme to repave the High Road, remove the clutter of bins, bollards, old signs and railings, improve lighting and plant some trees. The choice of grey, standard pavings slabs (apparently, to be carefully laid') seems to sum up what […]
With increasing numbers of buses in the road and the council unwilling to do anything about it, we have again written to Cllr Claire Kober, Leader of Haringey Council and copied our wrad councillors with the email. Dear Leader, I am writing to you to ask for your help in getting London Buses to use Mary Neuner […]
Residents in Alexandra Rd are up in arms against the speed reduction ramps that the council has installed. Complaints include disturbance due to noise and vibrations but also damage to buildings. Despite the council's assertion that a time restriction is in place, HGVs are using the residential street as a shortcut for deliveries because there […]
Update, Tuesday 18th March 2014: Tuesday's meeting revealed what many have suspected all along - there really is no clear consensus on whether the Wood Green CPZ should be reduced, and if so, the hours it should cover. Some were for reducing the CPZ, some were adamantly against it. Those against, with few exceptions, were […]
UPDATE 18th March, 2014 - email received from Tony Kennedy, Group Manager - Sustainable Transport, Haringey Council We are currently identifying stakeholders to invite to the inception meeting. We will liaise with the Local Ward Councillors to identify local groups who may want to participate in this process. If you would like to suggest any […]
Sadly, we have heard that our application has failed. We received the following message from the GLA, which makes it clear they do not want to hear from us again. We received a large number of applications for the first round of the Pocket Parks Fund. Consequently, it was a very competitive process. Due to […]
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