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Residents offered chance to influence Addiscombe road flows

Posted on November 18, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

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‘Scum’, ‘louts’, ‘oddballs’: what Tories really think of Croydon

Posted on October 20, 2021 by insidecroydon

Meet Keith. Keith likes nothing better than sitting at the wheel of a top-end Porsche sports car. Keith is a member of a Croydon Tories’ Whatsapp group. Keith describes himself as “a bit of a cocky lump”. Keith thinks Croydon … Continue reading →

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Addiscombe Village Jumble Trail 2019, Sep 15

Posted on September 12, 2019 by insidecroydon
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‘Addiscombe West Bypass’ proves to be a car crash of a policy

Posted on August 29, 2018 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Latest Addiscombe road changes are heading only one way

Posted on July 7, 2017 by insidecroydon

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 →

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No longer Taboo: Addiscombe gets signs of its East India past

Posted on February 10, 2017 by insidecroydon

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 →

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