Tuesday 15 December 2015
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Tuesday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2015-12-15
RT @musicplaysfilms: It's carmageddon out there in @se1 tonight; seriously backed up traffic & seriously angry people driving crazily. http…
Lambeth planning officer has just described current state of former Steve's B&B / Inshoku building on Lower Marsh as "slummy"
jessbrammar And EVEN WORSE it's turned me into someone who moans about road layouts on social media. Send help.
RT @jessbrammar: really, really tried not to moan abt Elephant roundabout refurb, especially as I like cycling.But it's added like 20 MINS …
LBLDemocracy Application 15/03409/FUL (22-25 Lower Marsh) is now being considered by the Lambeth PAC. ow.ly/VVP4w
@savingsouthwark There was a letter last week sent to some addresses locally.
Plans to replace Steve's B&B in Lower Marsh with a boutique hotel about to be rubber-stamped by Lambeth councillors
@savingsouthwark @TfL "until works completed" according to the bus stop notices. https://t.co/u2pmEAb5nd
Next test for #gardenbridge is on Thursday when Boris Johnson and TfL boss face tough questions re. procurement process at @LondonAssembly
michaellondonsf I met Ian Tuckett today; he would not budge on #gardenbridge. @se1 @bridgewithout Said all "elected" authorities aligned so CSCB can't act
#gardenbridge tree removal plan - net loss of 25 South Bank trees - approved unanimously by Lambeth planning applications committee
#gardenbridge Code of Construction Practice and Pedestrian/Cyclist Management Plan unanimously approved by Lambeth cllrs on committee
Lambeth councillors have approved #gardenbridge construction logistics plan with 4 votes & 1 abstention
Tory @CllrBGentry says he's not satisfied with level of information provided by #gardenbridge trust re. construction logistics.
Some of the South Bank trees to be felled for #gardenbridge are subject to a tree preservation order.
#gardenbridge says it will hold weekly drop-in sessions for local residents to raise issues with construction (noise etc)
Peak #gardenbridge construction vehicle movements on Upper Ground expected in April/May and June/July 2017
Cllr Diana Morris is concerned about blind corner to be created by #gardenbridge construction compound on Thames Path
Planning officer explains #gardenbridge contractor will be "self-policing" compliance w agreed arrangements eg use of banksmen for lorries
Cllr @benkind says #gardenbridge construction plans fail to take into account TfL + council proposals for various local road network changes
Cllr @benkind says proposed #gardenbridge South Bank construction compound is unnecessarily large + involves losing too many trees
Mark Skelton says revised #gardenbridge proposals mean that there will only be net loss of 25 South Bank trees rather than 26 as previously.
Arup's @RobLeslieCarter says #gardenbridge site compound won't create a pinch point for pedestrians on South Bank when Thames Path narrowed
Nick Cooper of Bouygues says #gardenbridge project will endeavour to be a good neighbour
Nick Cooper says #gardenbridge will use local subcontractors where possible, such as FM Conway who have depot on Mandela Way SE1
Resident Sinead O'Neill says there are already conflicts between road users on Upper Ground, let alone with #gardenbridge related lorries
#gardenbridge Resident Hannah Quigley points out that on TfL's own scale, pedestrian comfort on narrowed Thames Path w be 'unacceptable'
Michael Ball warns #gardenbridge construction may take longer than planned e.g. if WWII UXB found on riverbed
Michael Ball @WCDG1 says Lambeth risks handing de facto control re #gardenbridge construction to private landowners mixlr.com/se1
Michael Ball of @WCDG1 points out that #gardenbridge needs agreement of ITV and IBM for its construction plans to work.
Live audio from #gardenbridge planning meeting mixlr.com/se1 (air conditioning has just been switched on so may be hard to hear)
Planning officer describing plans to fell 28 trees on South Bank for #gardenbridge - net loss of 25 trees.
Narrowed riverside walk during #gardenbridge work will be rated C+ for pedestrian comfort (down from B- at present) pic.twitter.com/gQ5h1Gy0L9
#gardenbridge construction compound on the South Bank won't be created until September 2016 under revised plans.
#gardenbridge trust is negotiation with ITV so that noise from construction doesn't affect key TV shows
The Queen's Walk @TheThamesPath will be closed on 13 occasions (up to 1 day each) in 32 months while #gardenbridge is built
There will be a 'moveable hoarding' next to the ITV building to keep the audience queue for Loose Women separate from #gardenbridge lorries
#gardenbridge construction vehicles will use the pathway between ITV and IBM on the South Bank which will be shut to the public during works
#gardenbridge Lambeth planning hearing re. construction logistics + tree felling now starting - listen live mixlr.com/se1
Live audio stream of Lambeth #gardenbridge planning hearing - mixlr.com/se1 - quality prob not v good but may be audible.
Lambeth council officer briefing security guard ahead of #gardenbridge decision - "it might get a bit noisy"
Proposals for a boutique hotel in Lower Marsh are also on the agenda here at Lambeth planning applications committee
At Lambeth planning applications committee where decisions about #gardenbridge (tree felling + construction management) will be taken
#gardenbridge "will bring with it indisputable economic benefits to both sides of the river" says Northbank BID boss https://t.co/0001C9z3jG
joaniehardie Mayday! Stuck under Vauxhall bridge on Thames Clipper! London Fire Brigade river division to the rescue #commute pic.twitter.com/OS54qdaW8h
Overnight closures of Blackfriars Road this week pic.twitter.com/Pft9FOUxc8
#gardenbridge will be "an iconic and attractive addition to the capital" transport minister Robert Goodwill tells Westminster Hall
#GardenBridge "almost certain to end in a financial disaster" warns a member of Lambeth planning committee: sallyprentice.org.uk/?p=907
Lambeth Labour councillor @SallyPrentice on #GardenBridge - politicians "terrified of saying 'no' to Joanna Lumley": sallyprentice.org.uk/?p=907
#gardenbridge should have a toll like proposed Silvertown Tunnel, @CliveEfford MP tells Westminster Hall debate on TfL funding
In Westminster Hall @GarethThomasMP says he'd prefer to see TfL £ millions for#gardenbridgee allocated to other capital projects
In Westminster Hall @KateHoeyMP says it's "quite shocking" that TfL is putting £ millions into#gardenbridgee when facing funding squeeze
In Westminster Hall debate on TfL funding @KateHoeyMP raises the controversy over plans for Vauxhall Bus Station - "a travesty"
duncr Moped run over by Minicab at lights Lambeth / Kennington Rds by Imperial War Museum.
LondonAssembly Roads closed after dreadful #motorbike crash at the junction of Kennington & Lambeth Rd. Transport C'ttee event re motorbike safety this am.
pwe_schmidt Serious incident on Kennington Rd junction Lambeth Road involving a scooter this time. Hope the drivers are ok - but it looks pretty grim.
TfLBusAlerts Routes 3 59 159 344 360 are subject to diversion and delays in Kennington Road SE1 due to a road traffic collision.
vmrampulla I call this #busmageddon, others call it Elephant and Castle... pic.twitter.com/13HNJPkgwo
Connect Carol Concert tonight with @connectaphasia at @georgethemartyr: https://t.co/OB7KS9xRq9
Forging ahead: Thomas Heatherwick updates @wallpapermag on the #GardenBridge wlpr.co/eAlMIW
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