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Croydon CLP backs elected mayor over ‘dysfunctional’ council
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on what Mrs Merton might have called ‘a heated debate’ The simmering internal conflict within the Labour Party in Croydon seems unlikely to cool off during the Town Hall’s summer recess, after members in Croydon … Continue reading
£300 parking tax agreed but councillors will keep their freebies
Croydon Council is back in Orwellian mode again. Transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on the latest stealth tax imposed on the borough’s residents, but from which its councillors are spared Croydon residents’ parking permits are to be hiked to up to … Continue reading
Works to begin to instal segregated cycle lane at Bedford Park
A new cycle lane and signalling improvements will make it easier for cyclists to access central Croydon. The work on Bedford Park will begin on Monday. Once the lane is installed, cyclists will be able to safely cycle against the … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, East Croydon, Stuart King, Transport
Tagged Cycling, Fairfield, STUART KING
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How Lime puts the squeeze on bike riders, at 15p per minute
KEN TOWL took a ride on one of the new dockless e-bikes that can be found in the borough, so that you don’t have to… The future has arrived in Croydon, and the future is green. Lime green. The future … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Cycling, Ken Towl, Lime bicycles, Transport
Tagged Ken Towl, Lime e-bikes, Muhammad Ali, STUART KING
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Council fails to write to permit-holders over parking charge hike
Croydon is being accused of deliberately suppressing details of its on-going parking consultation from the people most affected: the 9,000-plus residents who already have permits for on-street parking issued by the council each year. “We’re earning a deserved reputation for … Continue reading
Parking charge consultation begins as air quality worsens
Our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the latest sham consultation from the council intended to justify a £300 per year charge for resident parking permits Croydon Council’s propaganda department – the press office, which operates off a budget of around … Continue reading
31 schools apply to have car-free zones on nearby roads
Proposals to introduce up to eight more School Streets across Croydon have been widely supported, with 31 of the borough’s schools having applied to have car-free zones on the roads near them during the rush hour. Ten schools at eight … Continue reading
Council looking to hike parking permit fees for older vehicles
JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, on how Croydon’s air-polluting council is now coming after the elderly and poorer car owners More car-free zones around schools and discounts on resident parking permits for those using low-emission vehicles are among proposals which … Continue reading
Old Town underpasses to be filled thanks to £10m TfL grant
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on moves to remove a barrier to pedestrians and cyclists which has seen the town centre split in half more than half a century The dingy, often intimidating and piss-tainted pedestrian subways under the Croydon Flyover … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Stuart King, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Old Town, STUART KING, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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Electric cars in slow lane as council offers three power points
PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, on a disappointingly feeble effort to offer wide-ranging infrastructure for battery-powered vehicles The inconsistent commitment from Croydon Council – the backers of Gatwick airport expansion, the funders of an industrial-scale waste incinerator on the borough … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Stuart King
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, STUART KING
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Council killjoys ban bikes and scooters from play street
Saturday is World Car-Free Day, though Croydon Council’s efforts to mark the event are hardly fun-filled. There’s no grand gesture, no scheme to close off the Croydon Flyover, that monument to the primacy of the internal combustion engine. Somewhat more … Continue reading
Posted in Fairfield, Stuart King, Transport
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, STUART KING
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Councillors’ air pollution event fails to mention incinerator
Three Croydon councillors want to stage a talking shop about how to deal with air pollution – just days after the council-commissioned Beddington incinerator begins to pump out pollutants over south London. Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, reports In the … Continue reading
Croydon looks at more car-free zones near primary schools
Croydon Council is looking to roll-out more “car exclusion zones” around primary schools in the borough, following successful trials in Coulsdon and Selhurst during the past year. Woodcote Primary in Coulsdon and Heavers Farm Primary and St Chad’s Catholic Primary, … Continue reading
Controversial chair of planning Scott gets promoted to cabinet
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest egregious example of Town Hall patronage, and all done at your expense – including one of ‘Tony’s Cronies’ getting £6,000 per committee meeting Despite managing to bring together 17 residents’ groups in opposition to … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, Jane Avis, Louisa Woodley, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mark Watson, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Planning, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Alissa Flemming, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jane Avis, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louisa Woodley, Paul Scott, South Norwood, STUART KING, Tony Newman, Woodside
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£100,000 scheme to help warm up low-income households
Croydon Council has approved a £100,000 three-year scheme to save low-income households £400 on their energy bills. Though the council is a little more coy when it comes to explaining that those savings will be slowly accrued, at a rate … Continue reading
Tory MP told to apologise after bad joke about road safety
A Tory MP was forced into an embarrassing U-turn last night, after an attempt to score petty party political points over road safety. Chris Philp, the Conservative MP for Croydon South, was widely criticised on social media after he tweeted … Continue reading
Grange Road residents count the costs of speeding drivers
Another winter’s night, and another car crash on Grange Road in South Norwood. Pictured left is the scene outside 227 Grange Road at 11pm last night. The incident was attended by two ambulances. The young driver involved in the incident, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Parking, South Norwood, Stuart King, Transport
Tagged Grange Road, South Norwood, STUART KING
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Council plans week-long closures for Croydon Underpass
Less than 18 months since there was traffic gridlock in the town centre because of the closure of the Croydon Underpass, and the council has announced another set of works which will see the road linking Wellesley Road and Park … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Stuart King
Tagged Croydon Underpass, STUART KING, Wellesley Road
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Official investigation under way over West Thornton selection
WALTER CRONXITE reports on further delays and dispute in Croydon Labour’s candidate selection process ahead of next May’s local elections Labour Party officials in West Thornton ward face an investigation after what one member described as a “farce” of a … Continue reading
‘Farce’ as West Thornton postpones ward selection meeting
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest calamities to befall the local Labour Party’s efforts to select candidates for next May’s Town Hall elections Already more than a month behind schedule, Labour’s selection process for candidates to stand for election … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Bernadette Khan, Callton Young, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Stuart King, Waddon, West Thornton
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, Robert Canning, STUART KING, Tory, Waddon
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Southern never consulted TfL about late night timetable cuts
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, reports on how the train operators are railroading through their plans for reduced overnight services to south London and the coast Transport for London was not consulted over the timetable changes to be introduced at … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Stuart King, TfL, Transport
Tagged East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Southern Railway, STUART KING
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Plan rejected for primary on busy Thornton Heath road
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE reports on an important decision for the future health of generations of school children taken at last night’s planning committee Councillors on Croydon’s planning committee last night unanimously rejected a proposal to build a three-form-of-entry primary … Continue reading
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
Something stinks about council’s latest air quality plans
JEREMY CLACKSON, our motoring correspondent, reports on the inherent contradiction of the borough’s drive for growth (in cars, naturally) Croydon Council has just announced a public consultation (another one), this time over the borough’s rapidly worsening air quality. They are … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shifa Mustafa, Stuart King, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Croydon Council, Harris Purley Way Primary, Krishna Avanti Primary, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Shifa Mustafa, STUART KING
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