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Failures of building firm cost housing association £36m
As recent examples including Homes for Lambeth, Brick by Brick and the calamity at The Fold demonstrate, meeting a 1.5m new homes target in five years is fraught with difficulties. BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, reports on the case of 120 … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, East Croydon, Housing, London-wide issues, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Addiscombe West, Bridge to Nowhere, Cherry Orchard Road, Cherryfields Meatpackers, East Croydon, Labour, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve Reed OBE
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Network Rail pulls its planning request for Bridge to Nowhere
EXCLUSIVE: Network Rail has made a U-turn over the Bridge to Nowhere, as people power – and commonsense – appear to have won the day. By JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent Network Rail appears to have made a significant U-turn over … Continue reading
Network Rail’s compromise too far over #BridgeToNowhere
Angry residents are demanding that Network Rail delivers on its promises and drop a hare-brained scheme which would compromise the £22m piece of infrastructure at East Croydon Station permanently. By JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent Network Rail has admitted that it … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Transport
Tagged #BridgeToNowhere, Addiscombe West, Bridge to Nowhere, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Dingwall Road, East Croydon station, London, Mayor Jason Perry, Network Rail
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East Croydon bridge to open in October, as MP fails to update
East Croydon Station’s Bridge to Nowhere is expected to be open, and finally allow pedestrians to go somewhere, in October. That’s according to Jeet Bains, the council cabinet member for planning and regeneration, in a speech at a Town Hall … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, East Croydon, Natasha Irons, Planning, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe, Bridge to Nowhere, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, East Croydon station, Jerry Fitzpatrick, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Network Rail, Planning, Sarah Jones MP, Tory
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Alexander promises watchdog with teeth as she rewires rail
Plans for a landmark bill to reform and revive Britain’s railways, including setting up a powerful passenger watchdog to hold train operators to account, have been unveiled today by the government. The reforms will “will sweep away decades of failure, … Continue reading
Network Rail can’t afford staff for Bridge to Nowhere ticketing
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on the latest bizarre twist in a £22m railway saga of incompetence and mismanagement The deadline for resident comments is fast approaching on a planning application for the notorious Bridge to Nowhere – with proposals … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Planning, TfL, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe, Bridge to Nowhere, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Jerry Fitzpatrick, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Network Rail, Planning, Tory
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After 12-year delay, Perry pipes up on the Bridge to Nowhere
Public reacts with contempt and derision at more empty promises from Croydon’s Mayor over a project which has now cost £37m but still has no completion date agreed Residents who have been kept waiting for nearly 12 years for the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, East Croydon, ECCO, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe, Bridge to Nowhere, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon station, London, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta, Network Rail, Tory
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No one can afford ticket machines for the Bridge to Nowhere
After 11 years and at least £22m of public money, it now turns out that the organisations responsible for the pedestrian bridge at the northern end of East Croydon Station don’t have the readies to finally complete the project, as … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Community associations, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, ECCO, Heather Cheesbrough, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Transport
Tagged Bridge to Nowhere, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon Community Organisation, East Croydon station, ECCO, Govia Thameslink, Heather Cheesbrough, Jason Perry, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta, Network Rail
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Bridge to Nowhere could finally be about to stage a grand exit
Could it be that, at long last, after several false dawns, a piece of vital public infrastructure, costing £22million when it was built more than a decade ago, might finally get its long-awaited finishing touch? In so many ways, the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, East Croydon, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Transport
Tagged Bridge to Nowhere, Cherry Orchard Road, Clarion Housing Group, Conservative, Crescent Gardens, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta, Morello Quarter, Tory
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Designers of flawed Bridge To Nowhere now hired by council
Inside Croydon reported last week how the £22million Bridge To Nowhere, at East Croydon Station, may be demolished before it is ever completed. Given some serious reservations about the way it was designed and built, that may not be an … Continue reading
Council has chance to get Menta to finish Bridge to Nowhere
Six years after being granted permission for a controversial 54-storey block – potentially the tallest residential block in Britain – and developers Menta Redrow will be back at Croydon’s planning committee tonight asking for permission to chop their tower in … Continue reading
Ruskin Square serves up another vacuous ‘installation’
Entirely unprompted by Big Eric Pickles, our loyal reader has been in touch, and attached a heart-warming picture from one of the iconic venues of Croydon heritage. The picture above was taken yesterday. “Seeing as our council’s glorious website appears … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Art, Business, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Ruskin Square, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Addiscombe West, Bridge to Nowhere, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, East Croydon station, Labour
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Building problems force another closure at Waddon pool
The swimming pool at Waddon Leisure Centre is part-closed again, for the second time in just a couple of months. The Waddon Leisure Centre was opened in January 2013, but has been prone to a range of snagging issues with … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Planning, Purley Way, Simon Hoar, Swimming, Tony Harris, URV, Waddon
Tagged Bridge to Nowhere, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Croydon station, Tory, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre
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