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Council’s commitment to cycling is only a virtual reality
After spending at least £300,000 in three years on staging the under-sponsored Croydon CycleFarce road races around the town centre, the council’s “commitment” to encouraging cycling in the borough remains only a virtual reality. As Tony Newman, Jo Negrini and … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycling, Cycling, TfL, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon CycleFest, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Not much to show for £5.4m spent on East Croydon’s bus stops
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports from East Croydon bus station after its re-opening yesterday, more than a month later than scheduled So is that it? Is that what the council and Transport for London took almost six months and, they … Continue reading
Croydon and ‘delivery’, Part 94: East Croydon bus station
“Thank you,” states the signage seen by tens of thousands of Croydon commuters every day, “for your patience during these essential construction works.” Note that: the works are essential. Though perhaps not essential enough to get them finished in a … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Commuting, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, London, London Borough of Croydon, TfL, Transport for London
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Croydon wins a ‘connected’ award, for £24m unfinished bridge
East Croydon Station’s “Bridge to Nowhere”, the £24million pedestrian bridge which has never been completed to provide the intended access to Cherry Orchard Road and Addiscombe, has just been cited as a reason for Croydon winning an award for urban … Continue reading
Watson’s shambolic meeting leaves Surrey Street in the dark
£10,000 That’s how much Mark Watson, the councillor in charge of the gentrification project around Surrey Street, reckons it has cost to install the first piece of “street art” on the footbridge that crosses the old street market. And this … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, Mark Watson, Planning, Rise Gallery, Street lighting, Surrey Street, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Watson, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, Tony Newman, Tory
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South Norwood suffers a ‘white-out’ in council publicity
For what is supposed to be among the most diverse and colourful boroughs in the country, parts of Croydon appear to be very… pale if the expensively commissioned architects’ drawings of some council schemes are anything to go by. Take … Continue reading
More Wellesley Road works coming down the tram tracks
Anyone enduring the traffic jams along Wellesley Road since the weekend, you’ll be delighted to know there could be more on the way. Croydon Council quietly dropped its “Connected Croydon” tag for its street improvement works, because eventually even the … Continue reading
Writing’s on the walls in Thornton Heath over £2.7m murals
The picture left shows an example of the kind of public artwork that two of the borough’s most senior councillors suggest, “will bring huge benefits to both residents and businesses in Thornton Heath”, and “continue to boost growth in the … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Art, Bensham Manor, Connected Croydon, Mark Watson, Thornton Heath
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Mark Watson, Thornton Heath, Tory
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£50m DisConnected Croydon and the real cost for business
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council’s chief executive Jo Negrini has gushed in her shameless self-publicity how £50million spent on the “gateways” to the borough have transformed the areas, and that is now the received “wisdom” from the borough’s political leadership. But … Continue reading
Council to stage meetings on Thornton Heath public realm
The council has arranged for two public meetings in Thornton Heath where residents and local traders will get information regarding “all public realm, building frontage and business support available will be shared”. The meetings will both be staged at the … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Planning, Thornton Heath
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Thornton Heath
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Architecture review panel could cost council £100,000 a year
Fears that Croydon’s Place Review Panel could amount to little more than an expensive exercise to flatter council CEO Jo Negrini, with Council Tax-payers picking up the tab, are mounting – with some Katharine Street insiders predicting that the architects’ … Continue reading
Lycra-obsessed Tories forget their support for parks and ride
Croydon is the most unsafe borough in south London for cycling, according to a senior councillor. Not that anyone was at the Town Hall meeting to register the point, as STEVEN DOWNES reports If a tree falls in a forest … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Cycling, Environment, Fairfield, Heathfield, Helen Pollard, Lloyd Park, Sean Fitzsimons, Stuart King, Tim Pollard, Transport, Wandle Park
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon Council, Helen Pollard, Labour, Sean Fitzsimons, STUART KING, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory
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TfL to re-open West Croydon Bus Station, six months late
West Croydon Bus Station re-opens this weekend after two years’ worth of demolition and reconfiguration for the roads in and around the railway station and tram stop, to be able to cope better with the 150 buses that are scheduled … Continue reading
TfL’s £7.6m grant for 20mph zones and road ‘improvements’
Croydon’s councillors will have an opportunity next Monday to demonstrate that they have grasped Einstein’s definition of insanity, and that they won’t be doing the same thing and expecting different results over the spending of millions of pounds on often … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, Fairfield, Parking, Purley Way, South Norwood, Stuart King, TfL, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Phil Thomas, Purley Way, South Norwood, STUART KING, Westfield
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Croydon disconnected by Easter tram and road closures
Croydon residents, workers and businesses will be disconnected by road, tram and train over Easter, as they face a third successive Bank Holiday weekend of transport disruption, delays and inconvenience. Engineering works will see the main railway line into Victoria … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, London-wide issues, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Labour, Network Rail, TfL, Thameslink, Tory, Tramlink, Trams, Transport for Londoon
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Disconnected Croydon to add lick of paint to Thornton Heath
Shop fronts and walls in Thornton Heath are to get a lick of paint as the latest part of the multi-mllion-pound Disconnected Croydon exercise in superficiality run by our council. Together with the You&Me firm of architects, the council is … Continue reading
Cyclists appeal after council abandons trial road closure
Disconnected Croydon, the borough that runs consultations without trying too hard to tell its residents, is soon to develop a reputation for abandoning trials midway through, before they have run their course. The bollards in the centre of the road … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norbury, Planning, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Labour, Mayor, Norbury, Norbury Avenue, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
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Croydon cycle race crash that could have ended in tragedy
Tuesday night’s cycle race in central Croydon narrowly avoided tragedy, according to one of Britain’s most respected Paralympic champions. Sarah Storey, the winner of 11 Paralympic gold medals across two sports at four separate Games, was sent crashing as a … Continue reading
High street’s failings are becoming something to bank on
And so while the local council bungs a few thousand quid (of our money) at a futile and probably fruitless one-day jamboree – though the bar takings for some members of the South Croydon Business Association might benefit – the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Community associations, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Planning, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Stiles Harold Williams, Tony Newman, Waddon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, SCCA, South Croydon, South Croydon Business Association, South Croydon Community Association, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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UnConnected Croydon where cycle lanes become dead ends
CROYDON COMMENTARY: AUSTEN COOPER, of Croydon Cyclists, responds to our exclusive report last week that a single night’s bike racing in the town centre is receiving £148,000 of public cash The £50 million spent by Connected Croydon on ripping up … Continue reading
Labour council spends £148,000 for one night of cycle racing
Austerity? Government grant cuts? Front-line council jobs under threat? On yer bike! Here in Croydon, under our flip-flopping Labour-lite council, we are spending nearly £150,000 of public cash for a couple of hours of sport next month. Croydon town centre … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2012 Olympics, Activities, Boris Johnson, Business, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycling, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Mayor of London, Nathan Elvery, Skanska, Sport, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, TfL, Tony Newman, Tory, Transport for London, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Wandle Park gets £58,000; Waddon park bulldozed with £87m
There’s something bittersweet about the announcement this week that Croydon Council has been awarded £58,800 from City Hall towards the cost of improving pedestrian and cycling access to Wandle Park. Sweet, because it is a cause that Inside Croydon’s loyal … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Connected Croydon, CPO, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Environment, Friends of Wandle Park, Kathy Bee, Mayor of London, Planning, Tony Newman, Waddon, Wandle Park, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Vote now to help really connect Croydon at Wandle Park
Inside Croydon’s loyal reader has 24 hours left to help transform Croydon for the better. Or at least one bit of it. When the highly paid consultant PR spinners came up with the “Connected Croydon” campaign, they did so without … Continue reading
