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Topic: Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts
Posted by: George Foster
Date/Time: 21/01/16 13:01:00

TfL's policy is that any improvements to stations must be made in accordance with specific criteria and TfL's contribution must be "affordable" and matched by  third-party funding. Under the new criteria lifts for Turnham Green will not considered until 2023. It is all in a TfL committee paper from Feb 2015 announcing "A £76m TfL investment over 10 years package to be based on ‘match funding’ third party funding contributions and collaboration"
http://content.tfl.gov.uk/rup-20150212-part-1-item06-step-free-programme-update.pdf

You would expect that making public transport accessible to everyone is a basic  human rights issue: disabled and elderly people have a right to full and equal participation in the economic, cultural and social life of London - which means access to TfL's Underground, Overground and Crossrail systems. TfL are effectively offloading this responsibility onto local Councils and the private development sectors, where TfL funding can be matched by Councils from the Community Infrastructure Levy (often known as  "planning gain" or "Section 106" money) which is payable by developers as a share for the local council of the increase in the value of land after being given planning permission for redevelopment. This money is supposed to be for improving the area's infrastructure.

Hounslow is said to be sitting on large sums from recent developments (figures of £20 million or more have been mentioned), and there is more to come as the areas between Chiswick Business Park and Brentford, the B & Q site and Power Road are redeveloped. It would be an excellent investment for the Council to use  some of this money for lifts at Turnham Green and Gunnersbury. These would bring economic benefits to the area, increased job opportunities and independence for the disabled and increase the social inclusion of a group who are effectively discriminated against enfranchised by the current situation.


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Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 18:05:00 George Turner
   Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 18:59:00 Elizabeth Ross
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 19:32:00 Michael Robinson
         Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 20:00:00 George Turner
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 21:06:00 Michael Robinson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 21:17:00 David Sindall
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 21:31:00 Elizabeth Jane Daley
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts12/01/16 23:49:00 Richard Jennings
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 08:59:00 Chris Calvi-Freeman
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:11:00 Alison Neary
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:13:00 Chris Calvi-Freeman
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:13:00 Carl Wynne
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:19:00 Chris Calvi-Freeman
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:42:00 Michael Robinson
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:24:00 Alison Neary
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:29:00 Alison Neary
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:48:00 Dan Evans
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:52:00 Alison Neary
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 09:56:00 Chris Calvi-Freeman
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts13/01/16 10:08:00 Michael Robinson
   Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?13/01/16 12:36:00 Andy Rooney
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?13/01/16 12:43:00 Alison Neary
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?13/01/16 12:47:00 Michael Robinson
         Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?13/01/16 15:04:00 Andy Rooney
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?13/01/16 15:09:00 Alison Neary
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?14/01/16 09:50:00 David McLoughlin
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?14/01/16 09:59:00 Michael Robinson
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?15/01/16 07:46:00 Kevin Howard
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?15/01/16 08:59:00 David Cuss
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - the Thora Hird solution?15/01/16 09:52:00 David Cuss
                              Back to the lift question15/01/16 11:50:00 Felicity Caborn
                                 Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 11:56:00 Julian Pavey
                                 Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 12:57:00 Michael Robinson
                                    Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 13:31:00 Julian Pavey
                                       Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 13:50:00 Andy Rooney
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 13:54:00 Alison Neary
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 13:54:00 Julian Pavey
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 19:28:00 David Sindall
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question15/01/16 23:58:00 Michael Robinson
                                    Re:Re:Back to the lift question17/01/16 12:19:00 Richard Jennings
                                       Re:Re:Re:Back to the lift question17/01/16 17:22:00 Michael Robinson
   Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 00:33:00 Beryl Wall
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 09:21:00 Alison Neary
         Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 14:31:00 Kevin Howard
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 14:46:00 Alison Neary
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 15:27:00 Andy Rooney
         Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts18/01/16 17:50:00 Paul Corcoran
   Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts21/01/16 13:01:00 George Foster
      Re:Re:Gunnersbury station - when's it likely to get lifts21/01/16 15:20:00 Richard Greenhough
   Bump n/m09/04/18 16:56:00 Richard Greenhough
      Lifts at local stations ...10/04/18 21:18:00 George Turner
         Re:Lifts at local stations ...10/04/18 21:30:00 Claire Moran
            Re:Re:Lifts at local stations ...11/04/18 03:17:00 Cllr Sam Hearn
               Re:Re:Re:Lifts at local stations ...11/04/18 08:43:00 David McLoughlin
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Lifts at local stations ...11/04/18 12:18:00 Richard Greenhough
   Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts11/04/18 16:31:00 Caoimhe Hale
      Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts11/04/18 18:10:00 Richard Jennings
         Re:Re:Re:Turnham Green station - when's it likely to get lifts11/04/18 22:13:00 Caoimhe Hale
            Re: What about Brentford Station?  Going Backwards?11/04/18 22:31:00 Philippa Bond

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