The following reports were given at last week's Assembly
Earlsthorpe Mews - Tim Lund
Earlsthorpe Mews (the narrow road running behind the shops on the north side of Sydenham Road between Queensthorpe and Mayow Roads) has long been a centre for the dumping of rubbish and household items. Dumped rubbish often spills out onto Queensthorpe and Mayow Roads. Earlsthorpe Mews in an “unadopted” road, so the local council has no statutory duty to clean the Mews except for the emptying of retail bins.
Residents, tenants and traders using the Mews had collected over £1,000 with the intention of setting up gates at each end of the Mews which would be operated by keypad entry. However, this scheme was quickly abandoned when the impracticality of a gating system became apparent.
Tim reported that LBL has now agreed that they will clear all the rubbish from the Mews on a weekly basis. The residents of the Mews in cooperation with the Town Centre Manager will use the money collected to put lights and CCTV cameras in the Mews.
Sydenham Road/Sydenham Approach - Barry Milton
On the 25th February the LBL Mayor and Cabinet approved the £2m scheme to improve Sydenham Road. One aspect of the scheme has yet to be decided – how exactly to tackle the issue of the crossing on the railway bridge. Officers will report back on this later in the year. Unfortunately, work on the scheme cannot begin until Southern Gas Network and Thames Water complete their work on Sydenham Road.
A timetable for the gas works can be found at the following link:
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/Environment/ ... enewal.htm
At the same Mayor and Cabinet meeting it was confirmed that £310,000 will be spent on improving Sydenham Station Approach. A consultation on these improvements will be organised later this year.
Greening Sydenham Road - Pat Trembath
7 areas on or around the high street will be planted by the Assembly to make Sydenham Road a little more attractive. These are: the wooden and brick planter in Station Approach; the bed at the end of Venner Road; the brick planter outside the Post Office; the bed in the alleyway at the rear of garages in Tannsfeld Road; the two wooden planters outside SG Smith and the brick planter at the end of Tewksbury Road.
Street drinkers - Angela Hall
LBL is currently reviewing the areas of the borough where street drinking is banned. It is hoped that Sydenham Road and its environs will shortly be subject to a ban on street drinking. In the meantime, the benches outside the Post Office will shortly be removed.
Mayow Park – Alona Sheridan
Alona reported that Mayow Park was not one of the two parks selected for London Mayor funding but that it did come in a very creditable third place.
Mayow Park has, however, received funding from two other sources:
1. £75,000 from the Playbuilder Fund to provide an area for 10-16 year olds. This is dealt with in more detail on a separate thread from Mummycat.
http://forum.sydenham.org.uk/viewtopic. ... 39a2091184
2. Peter Rankin of Enviroworks has secured major funding from the ECB (the England and Wales Cricket Board) to turn Mayow Park into one of the first new “urban” cricket facilities in the UK. This scheme is guided by Mike Gatting, the former England cricket captain who has been in and around Mayow Park over the last few months. The scheme would see a complete pavilion renewal/rebuild programme, all-weather squares being built in the park plus staff to look after the coaching programme. Peter Rankin is now discussing with the Football Association, a further scheme to bring football into Mayow Park on a similar scale.
Sydenham Assembly - important local information and feedback
Re: Sydenham Assembly - important local information and feed
who hopes this? the curtain-twitching predujiced unrepresentative self-important minority?nasaroc wrote:It is hoped that Sydenham Road and its environs will shortly be subject to a ban on street drinking.
What statutory power will be used to instigate a "ban" then?
perhaps you could actually contribute to this thread:
http://sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic. ... 63d58098ae
engaging with the main points and actually offering a sound reason why a "drinking ban" is necessary.
Just remember Barry "I don't like them" isn't a good enough reason to want a ban
"most people don't like them, and their point of view is valid because they hold it" isn't really logically valid either I'd also like to take you up on the offer you made of the meeting with the relevant support workers in this area. So far you havn't honoured your offer...[/url]
Some great news here - it's really encouraging to see money coming into projects like Mayow Park at long last. Hopefully the Sydenham Road Improvement scheme and the plans for the 'greening' will help smarten up the high street in these challenging times. The Silverdale Hall project could be one of the most exciting ventures Sydenham has seen in a long time.
It looks as though the Sydenham Assembly is doing some excellent work.
It looks as though the Sydenham Assembly is doing some excellent work.
I support a ban on street drinking. I lived in an area that the council and Sir B*llock refused to impose one despite overwhelming evidence that it was causing crime, litter, noise, violence and making neighbours lives hell. Why do people have to drink on streets anyway, there are lots of pubs in the area that could do with their support.
If drink causes them to act unsociably in public, then take away the right to drink in public. Let them get away with it and it will snowball into something out of control (which is what happened in my case and why I think Sir B*llock is a ******).
If drink causes them to act unsociably in public, then take away the right to drink in public. Let them get away with it and it will snowball into something out of control (which is what happened in my case and why I think Sir B*llock is a ******).