Why I am running to be Mayor No 1
I went down to Blackwall Reach yesterday to take pics of piles of rubbish
But by time I arrived the piles had been removed (but the URS underground bins were still full so bags will pile up again)
But there is an easy short term fix that 1/
could have been implented a year ago
Put 8 (not just 1 in pic) of the wheeled pink recycling bins in two locations near the roads for access (get a carpenter to put up a simple wooden shelter with stained wood planks around each group so not too unsightly & keep rubbish in) 2/
Then convert all of the existing underground bins to general waste only (need to put temporary signs on them)
We may need to put some general waste paladins as well (as far as possible from apartments also in a wooden shelter)
Should be easy to double waste capacity in a few
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days of effort
We should have spare paladins & building a wooden suround (like this permanent one in Germany) should be quick and easy if done as a temporary solution
This problem has been going on for over a year and the Council are trying to sell apartments here for a lot 4/
of £ but cannot empty the underground bins
Paladins we can empty easily using existing trucks
Late-night parking count in Canary Wharf ward
67 more vehicles than parking spaces available
I did a walk around Canary Wharf ward mainly looking at the parking from 6.45pm to 8.15pm tonight
Saw a traffic jam caused by roadworks + a blue badge vehicle parked outside Wardian 1/
I have been meaning to do this walkaround for some time as I know we have a big problem
A negative number i.e. -5 means that there were no spare parking spaces and 5 cars were parked on double yellow lines, or where they should not be parked i.e. on pavements
Some are blue
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badge vehicles and some will have been food delivery vehicles, some will be visitors, some private hire vehicles waiting for trade and some will be people living in car-free accommodation who cannot park normally
A positive number + 5 means five spare/empty spaces
Results:
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Ballymore Cuba/Manilla Street 51 storey 421 home residential tower decision next Thursday at the Strategic Development Committee - Thursday, 13th January 2022 6.30 p.m.
Officers have recommended it be approved
Report here democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ieListDocument… 1/
If you wish to speak in support or object at the meeting you need to email zoe.folley@towerhamlets.gov.uk by next Tuesday COB, sooner the better
Councillors will decide next Thursday whether to accept or reject officers' recommendations to approve
My comments here 2/
I will comment fully later, I submitted my detailed concerns yesterday about the Neighborhood Plan being effectively ignored
This is just another single tall tower with little to contribute to the area except for some open green space in front which is welcome but inadequate
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A Manifesto for Change in TH - improving play for children ideas
I get quite frustrated at how poor some playgrounds are in Tower Hamlets, especially the developer provided ones & some Council ones like Sir John McDougall desperately need to be rebuilt
So I have some questions 1/
about how we can improve play for children including teenagers
Should we have play equipment outside of playgrounds as they do in my mums home town?
Should we add lights (with timers) to the playgrounds to allow more playtime late on winter afternoons when it gets dark? 2/
A Manifesto for Change in TH - construction noise policy questions
We have had a week now of peace and quiet from construction sites as they closed for Christmas
So the first discussion for the new Manifesto is about construction noise-related policies 1/
The Council is also updating their Code of Construction Practice which was last updated in 2004 and there will be a consultation from them soon, so this may inform a response to that consultation
This is the Council current construction policies towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Cons… 2/
The conversation is happening in this new Facebook group I set up, now called A Vision for Tower Hamlets facebook.com/groups/1942479…
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A draft list of topics for a new manifesto as part of my campaign to improve Tower Hamlets
Before I write the first draft for your review I wanted to discuss first what should go into it, which is in the attached presentation pictures 1/
Got any ideas, policies, questions, suggestions email:
abettertowerhamlets@gmail.com or comment below or message me in private on Twiter
See some suggested topics in the pictures
If I have missed any let me know i.e. dog policies + Chinese Embassy ! 2/
It has also been posted in a new Facebook group now called "A Vision for Tower Hamlets" after a poll on changing the name from TH Issues
Please join this group if you want to get more involved facebook.com/groups/1942479… 3/
Hot water & heating charge increase?
Did your charges increase from 1.5 pence per kilowatt-hour to 22.4 pence per kilowatt-hour?
(multiplied by 15)
I know at least two Ballymore buildings with communal gas boilers have seen announcements about big increases in their bills 1/
from January.
But many of you rely on similar communal heating systems where your hot water & heating come from communal gas boilers usually in your basement (or from a local district heating facility like on Tiller)
I want to find out how many of you are affected by big
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price increases, how much increase, from which buildings, suppliers etc?
Also interested in electricity charges
Can you add below or by private message or by email to cllrandrewwood@gmail.com what your increase is and from whom?
Detail, please as will inform a letter etc
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