| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Chiswick Riverside ward election result declared | |
| Posted by: | Sam Hearn | |
| Date/Time: | 09/05/26 15:25:00 |
| Michael always interesting to hear/read your views even if you insist on remaining the mouthpiece for a single issue pressure group. At the Grove Park Hustings all three candidates who were elected answered questions on a variety of local issues. They all agreed that what was originally called the South Chiswick Liveable neighbourhood scheme had been handled extremely badly and that was now an overwhelming need for a major review and public consultation on all the measures. Gabriella Giles explained that traffic data on how the scheme was operating "now" had been made available to councillors but had not (yet) been released to the public. This information made it clear that the predicted reductions of traffic on key roads had not in fact materialised. The phantom scheme on Thames Road / Strand-on-the Green was just an unfunny joke. In addition several residential streets had experienced much heavier traffic because barriers and traffic cameras had led residents to regularly seek long diversions. Gabriella, Amy and Rick were baffled at the inability of Labour led Hounslow Council to, even after all these years, link registration on the CPZ database to the residents' access scheme. This still caused some residents a great deal of anguish. Gabriella explained that she had even arranged a quotation for the necessary software package. The council just ignored this. Why was there still no online way that residents could use to apply for "vistor access" for trades people, visiting family members, teachers etc. Incompetence, arrogance or simply an obsessive fixation on promoting "active travel" no matter what the consequences in the real world. The tens of millions of pounds incurred in fines has had a significant impact on those seeking to enter the area for business purposes or to sample the hospitality of pubs and restaurants. I could go on. But to summarise, it was good to see such unanimity amongst our elected representatives that, there were a number of fundamental improvements that could be made to the road schemes of Chiswick Riverside. |