Tag Archives: Wellesley Road

Police receive complaint after Wellesley Road #BLM incident

Posted on June 29, 2020 by

Croydon Police are dealing with a complaint after a violent incident on Wellesley Road on Friday in which a young black man was chased and restrained by at least eight officers after a brief chase. The Police say that no … Continue reading →

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79% object to bus route changes – but TfL go ahead with cuts

Posted on July 23, 2019 by

Building works around the Whitgift Centre will see eight bus routes shortened to avoid  driving through Croydon town centre Transport for London last night confirmed that they are to press ahead with cuts to most of the bus routes serving … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Transport, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Council plans week-long closures for Croydon Underpass

Posted on November 10, 2017 by

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 →

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Tower developers used loophole to avoid fitting sprinklers

Posted on July 12, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES reports on the half-million-pound-plus Croydon flats which are 40 storeys up but which were built without any sprinkler system The private developers who built Croydon’s tallest residential tower block used a loophole in planning laws and so avoided … Continue reading →

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Road closures at Easter will offer taste of chaos to come

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

Croydon is about to get a taste of the sort of traffic chaos and disruption which may await once the Hammersfield development gets underway – if it ever does – when the town centre is closed down for 10 days … Continue reading →

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Official says Underpass could be closed until next week

Posted on July 8, 2016 by

The Croydon Underpass, surely something worthy of any National Trust tour of the glorious mistakes of the 1960s, remained partially closed for a third day today, causing long delays on Wellesley Road in the town centre, after a five-foot hole … Continue reading →

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Croydon facing traffic gridlock caused by new Westfield plan

Posted on April 25, 2016 by

The revised plans for a gigantic supermall submitted last week by Westfield and Hammerson threaten to send central Croydon into a state of traffic gridlock for years to come. The shopping centre developers’ scheme could hit hard the plans for … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

TfL’s loopy scheme will strangle town centre to a stand-still

Posted on November 13, 2015 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Multi-million pound proposals for the trams in the town centre could see the Croydon road network being gridlocked, says bus passenger VALERIE HUNTER According to Transport for London, the improvements – new platforms and more frequent services – … Continue reading →

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Long overdue that we found proper future for Segas House

Posted on October 13, 2014 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: According to senior sources at the Town Hall, the scheme to convert the Grade II-listed Segas House into a primary school, the brainchild during the previous Tory council of Tim Pollard, has been abandoned because the building would … Continue reading →

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Wellesley Road scheme offers traffic chaos for years to come

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

According to a survey published recently, Wellesley Road in central Croydon is the eighth most congested road in the capital. Not satisfied with that, Croydon Council’s cabinet of senior councillors, together with Transport for London, seem intent on getting Wellesley … Continue reading →

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