The Open Spaces Society held their virtual AGM on July 9th consisting of the minimum statutory business and with all voting by proxy. We saw a similar number of participants using the online voting facility as voted by post in previous years. There are a number of significant changes to the board and the draft minutes with all of the detail from the event are on our website. https://www.oss.org.uk/agm2020-2/
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The July-August newsletter from Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch is available from their website (http://www.hillingdonnhw.co.uk). It contains an interesting article on Test and Trace scams. The website also has lots of useful advice including keeping your bike safe and securing garden sheds.
Work on Deane Croft Road/Field End Road/Meadow Way Junction is now pencilled in for 10 days from the 4th August to the 14th August 2020.
Members of the public can contact UKPN customer care team by
Telephone: number 0800 028 4587 9am-5pm Monday-Friday or
email: care@ukpowernetworks.co.uk
The work at Field End Road has been delayed until the end of July.
Hillingdon Museum and Heritage
Share your #Memories with Hillingdon Museum and Heritage! 🗣
Do you have any memories of the ornamental lake and waterfall at #Eastcote House Gardens? Hillingdon Museum and Heritage are looking for pictures, plans and stories! …See more
📸 Maybe there’s something tucked away your photo albums that you could share?
It’s really easy, just use the map below, provided by Widen My Path, to identify where measures are needed in your area to enable people to walk and cycle safely as lockdown eases. You can also “agree” with other suggestions you think are good – just click on the pins to see the detail and click ‘agree’.
When you’re done, please email your council using our draft emails, to make sure they use this information when planning where to create safe space for walking and cycling. If you’re in Northern Ireland, there is no need to contact your council – we’ll be speaking directly to the Executive about Widen My Path.
Before you use Widen My Path, check if you’re council is already running their own consultation on the Active Travel Interventions Map below. If they are, you can also respond directly to them.
ONCE YOU’VE ADDED YOUR SUGGESTIONS, LET YOUR COUNCIL KNOW
ONCE YOU’VE ADDED YOUR SUGGESTIONS, LET YOUR COUNCIL KNOW
To add new ideas to the map, simply:
1. Zoom in to where you want to place the pin. If you’re too zoomed out, you can’t place a new pin. Check nearby pins to make sure your idea hasn’t already been suggested
2. On the right hand side, select whether your suggestion relates to a cycle way, a pavement, or a road closure
3. Explain exactly what you think is needed, and why.
4. Share with friends, family and colleagues – higher engagement will show the council just how important this is.
It’s vital that people are able to walk and cycle safely during the lockdown and beyond. .
Safe space is also hugely important for key workers, many of whom are choosing to cycle to hospitals, care homes and other essential workplaces to avoid the risk of public transport. This will only become more urgent when the lockdown is eased and public transport, roads and pavements get busier.
USE OUR INTERACTIVE MAP TO SHOW YOUR COUNCIL WHERE SAFE SPACE FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NEEDED
Over 10,000 people have written to their council. Many local authorities closed streets for cycling and walking and create temporary bike lanes to hospitals. The map below shows where councils have taken measures to create safe space for social distancing. If the council hasn’t yet taken action, use the Widen My Path map above to show them where measures are needed, then let your council know.
The Scottish Government has committed £10m to support councils to introduce these measures, while the Government at Westminster has put forward £225m for temporary measures, with details of a more funding coming soon. In Wales, the Welsh Government have made funds available for local authority applications, and in Northern Ireland the Department for Infrastructure – who have the power to make the changes – have also responded positively.
We have been asked by at team at the LSE for their support with a survey (this was also featured on our website last month):
It is hard to find land in London to build on. One suggestion is to increase density – to allow more to be built on a piece of land. To this end, my colleagues and I at the London School of Economics have put together a survey to better understand what Outer London residents think about this.
Link to the survey: https://urban-experiment.com/share/jzx8JB
The survey can be accessed by clicking on the link and then, after having read the instructions, by clicking ‘Continue’. It consists of two parts. The first is a short questionnaire and the second contains a series of images for the participant to respond to. It should take about 4-6 minutes to complete. More detailed information, including a consent form, can be found on the survey’s introduction page. Participants are encouraged to complete the survey by 14 June. Responses will be anonymous. If there are any technical questions or issues, please feel free to email: j.g.karlsson@lse.ac.uk
UK Power Networks works on behalf of HS2 at the Whitebear Roundabout, and down Ickenham Road towards Ruislip High Street start 6th June and continue to 4th July.
They will be working weekends to ensure that works in this area are completed as quickly as possible – to reduce inconvenience to traffic for prolonged periods of time.
Working hours will be from 8am to 6pm Monday to Saturday, and 9am to 5pm on Sunday.
Traffic management will remain in place for the duration of the works.
Harrow Times https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/watfordnews/18496730.trespassers-jump-fences-closed-ruislip-lido/
Following many messages from residents, Cllr. Puddifoot has announced that the Lido Beach will be closed, once again, from Monday 1st June.
No date, or criteria for any future re-opening, have, as yet been confirmed.
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