Liveable Street (LS) debate tonight at full Council
@going4golds & I have introduced a motion to debate the next steps on LS, following the Mayors announcement of a pause, it starts with "we need to find ways of reducing this division"
A key point at
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/s191…
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the bottom 1st & top of 2nd page are quotes from the Labour manifesto in 2018
I am not sure this matches what was delivered
It then details the difficulties emergency services have had (more evidence of this in these London Ambulance Service letters)
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2021 residents survey findings are interesting
More residents concerned about congestion 17% than air quality 16% but both are well down the list of top concerns
towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/community…
Motion then starts to make recommendations
In Weavers ward electoral mandate for a restart
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of the whole program from scratch
Elsewhere for new consultations as done by Ealing
All future consultations should be done by Council staff (not external consultants also responsible for delivery)
Independent Equality Impact Assessments
Ask Emergency Services again what
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they think about existing closures & publicise what they say
Consider experimenting with Citizens Panels to look at some of the more thorny issues
Speed up roll out EV chargers
Scrappage scheme to get rid of old more polluting vehicle
Air quality mitigation in yellow/red area
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& a personal one for me - electric scooters - we should join TfL trial properly - it maybe escooters are a key component of future travel options
In theory, Labour will respond with a counter-motion later today
But at least we get 30 minutes to debate this properly
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