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After 10 years, council untangles Lebanon Road traffic mess
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the last knockings of a public consultation over road systems in and around Addiscombe Ten years since one Labour councillor managed to get the one-way system around Addiscombe changed just to make things calmer … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Community associations, Croydon Council, ECCO, HOME, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Mark Watson, Spring Park Residents' Association, TfL
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Lebanon Road, Lower Addiscombe Road, Mark Watson, Shirley, TfL, Tony Newman, Transport for London
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Another sign that council officials really don’t know their job
And there it is. In black and white. “West India Estate Conservation Area”. Except there is no such thing. Mulberry Lane is in a part of Addiscombe where, in the 19th Century, the East India Company ran a military academy, … Continue reading
Residents offered chance to influence Addiscombe road flows
The thorny issue of heavy traffic using the residential side streets in Addiscombe is up for discussion once again, with potentially significant implications for drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and children. The council is using traffic counters on some roads, gathering information … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, ECCO, Environment, HOME, Parking, TfL, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, ASPRA, Conservative, Croydon Council, ECCO, Elgin Road, HOME, Labour, Lebanon Road, Mark Watson, Tony Newman, Tory
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Addiscombe Village Jumble Trail 2019, Sep 15
Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Community associations, HOME
Tagged Addiscombe, ASPRA, CHASE, HOME
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Meeting called over failed Addiscombe one-way scheme
The Addiscombe traffic balls-up is set to be discussed at a public meeting next week. The organisers were unable to confirm whether a proposal to change the name of Lebanon Road to “Alderman Watson Boulevard” will be on the agenda. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe Residents Association, Community associations, ECCO, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, HOME, Jeet Bains, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Maddie Henson, TACRA
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Conservative, Croydon Council, ECCO, Jeet Bains, Labour, Maddie Henson, Mark Watson, TACRA, Tory
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‘Addiscombe West Bypass’ proves to be a car crash of a policy
JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, on the continuing angst caused by traffic levels off the Addiscombe Road The wretched legacy of Mark Watson’s time of power and influence within Croydon Council is still being felt by some of the former … Continue reading
Latest Addiscombe road changes are heading only one way
Croydon Council officials’ ability to set neighbour against neighbour plumbed new depths this week at the Traffic Management Advisory Committee meeting held at the Town Hall. On the agenda was the council officers’ proposal to make Canning Road and Addiscombe … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Community associations, ECCO, HOME, Mark Watson, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sean Fitzsimons, TACRA
Tagged Addiscombe and Shirley Park Residents' Association, Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, ECCO, HOME, Lebanon Road, Mark Watson, TACRA
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Council calls in TfL for full traffic study on Addiscombe roads
A new consultation into the network of residential streets that run between Addiscombe and Cherry Orchard roads could be extended to include modelling of the traffic in the whole area, involving Transport for London, and even look again at the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, East Croydon, HOME, Mark Watson, TACRA, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe West, Lebanon Road, Mark Watson
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No longer Taboo: Addiscombe gets signs of its East India past
Finally, after nearly a decade, it’s in black and white: the East India Estate Conservation Area is there for all to see on road signs in that part of Addiscombe. Special road signs were unveiled last month in the presence … Continue reading
