| Topic: | Re:Brentford Dock and Dukes Meadows Footbridge | |
| Posted by: | Guy Lambert | |
| Date/Time: | 15/01/23 11:07:00 |
| Every new developmnt built on the Thames beween Chiswick Mall and Isleworth since about 1980 - in fact probably since the GLC built Brentford Dock (exclusively for council tenants until much of it was sold to the highest bidder)- has had to provide ample free access to the river bank if they built there and to undertake for the cost of maintainance in perpuity. It's a policy set by the council (and indeed part of a much more comprehensive scheme known as the Thames Path.) I live across the River Brent looking across to the Dock. We are not a cul de sac like the Dock and have walkers going through our estate and heading onwards towards central Brentford or Kew/Chiswick. We pay our heavy service charges and despite that in general welcome residents from all the surrounding areas (including the Dock) and look forward to the lively town we expect to see when Ballymore and another link of the Thames Path opens up in a year or two. All the thousand people who have enjoyed free access to their river and canals for decades are expecting their access to improve everywhere, except one of the prettiest and valued pieces, from which they face being excluded. |