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Tag Archives: Wellesley Road
Police receive complaint after Wellesley Road #BLM incident
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
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Metropolitan Police, Superintendent Andy Brittain, Wellesley Road
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79% object to bus route changes – but TfL go ahead with cuts
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
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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Tower developers used loophole to avoid fitting sprinklers
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
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Fairfield, Housing, London-wide issues, Planning, Property, Saffron Square
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Central, Grenfell Tower, Saffrom Square, Wellesley Road
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Road closures at Easter will offer taste of chaos to come
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
Posted in East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon Tramlink, London, TfL, Trams, Transport for London, Wellesley Road
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Official says Underpass could be closed until next week
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
Croydon facing traffic gridlock caused by new Westfield plan
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
TfL’s loopy scheme will strangle town centre to a stand-still
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
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Business, Commuting, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, New Addington, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, TfL, Transport for London, Wellesley Road, West Croydon, Westfield
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Long overdue that we found proper future for Segas House
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
Posted in Art, Croydon Council, David Callam, Education, Planning, Schools, Segas House
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Education, Roehampton University, schools, Segas House, Tim Pollard, Tory, Wellesley Road
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Wellesley Road scheme offers traffic chaos for years to come
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
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Health, Lansdowne Road RA, Menta Tower, Parking, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Vision 2020, East Croydon station, Lansdowne Road, London, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre
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