Tag Archives: Open Our Roads

Traffic creeps back on to Croydon’s now-banned LTN streets

What has been the reaction of residents to the sudden removal, by order of a High Court judge, of motoring restrictions in Croydon’s former Low Traffic Neighbourhoods? We sent GABRIEL MacARTHUR along to two streets affected in Broad Green to … Continue reading

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Perry accused of ‘shameless lying’ as he abandons LTN appeal

CROYDON IN CRISIS: After spending two years in a High Court battle to defend his decision to make six Low Traffic Neighbourhoods permanent, today Croydon’s Mayor tried to claim credit for their forced removal. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council will … Continue reading

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Council failed to include High Court LTN case on risk register

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council bosses were either over-confident that they would win the Low Traffic Neighbourhoods case at the High Court, or ‘completely, crassly incompetent’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Mayor Jason Perry, who has been claiming that he has got … Continue reading

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Quashing of orders ‘raises serious questions’ about LTN fines

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Following the High Court ruling quashing Croydon’s ‘unlawful’ Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, the shadowy organisation behind the legal case, Open Our Roads, issued the following statement: Open Our Roads welcomes today’s landmark High Court judgement in Lawrence v … Continue reading

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High Court judge orders end to Croydon’s ‘unlawful’ LTNs

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Judge Edward Pepperall has handed down his ruling in the case brought against the borough’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and found that comments by Mayor Jason Perry proved that the measures were introduced to make money for the … Continue reading

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Mayor Perry’s ‘£20m income’ remark crucial to LTN legal case

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Careless comments made at a public meeting by the Tory Mayor over LTNs – Low Traffic Neighbourhoods – have already cost the borough’s residents dearly. By our Town Hall reporter, SANDRA STEAD Jason Perry, the failed Mayor … Continue reading

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Acting without listening is not sustainable way to create change

Has this week’s High Court non-event been just the latest example of Perry’s porkie pies – where the ‘listening’ Mayor cocks a deaf ‘un to residents? Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE looks back at what the Tory Mayor was saying four … Continue reading

Posted in 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

High Court judge dismisses LTN case brought against council

Croydon Mayor Perry uses a legal objection to stop a residents’ group from having their day in court. By STEVEN DOWNES A case claiming that Croydon’s Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes are an unlawful cash-cow, taxing motorists who fail to follow … Continue reading

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Mayor Perry on trial: LTN admission could cost council millions

CROYDON IN CRISIS: A High Court case claims the authority has misused its powers over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, with lawyers for the council expected to defend the Mayor’s manifesto U-turn by claiming that ‘election promises are not a binding contract’. … Continue reading

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#TheLabourFiles: Source of hacked data worked for Evans

Further links to the Labour Party’s General Secretary have been confirmed since Al Jazeera broadcast The Spying Game documentary. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Further investigations since Al Jazeera broadcast their documentary “The Spying Game” have discovered that the person who … Continue reading

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Chief whip worked with group that attacks council policy

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Evidence has emerged that shows a Labour councillor negotiating with an anti-LTN group over illegally obtained documents. And now he’s been put in charge of party discipline at the scandal-hit council. By STEVEN DOWNES The Town Hall’s … Continue reading

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Upper Norwood’s street battle could be settled this week

After a rushed consultation, the council’s Traffic Management Advisory Committee meets next week to discuss two of the borough’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. Our environment correspondent PAUL LUSHION reports on the gathering storm When Councillor Muhammad Ali was promoted to the … Continue reading

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Fireworks in Crystal Palace as campaign takes council to court

Mystery surrounds where a campaign is getting its money from, after campaigners erased from their online crowdfunder all traces of a financial pledge from the leader of the Alliance of Bad Drivers. JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent, reports A campaign group … Continue reading

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