Monthly Street Stall
Cllr Kathy Bance and members of the Labour team will be at our usual monthly street stall outside the Post Office on Penge High Street on Saturday 4th September between 10.45 and 12.15.
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High Street Road Works
There was chaos in the High Street on Wednesday as traffic struggled to get round the road works. We had reports of a 2 hour journey from Crsytal Palace through to Bromley.
The Council deperatment has told us:
There have been minimal delays recently until Tuesday night when person or persons unknown set fire to a plastic cabinet which reduced to a heap of burnt plastic, cut all the wires on the temporary traffic signals and attempted to set fire to those and then pushed all the barriers over and did other damage. The arson element particularly concerns the Police.
The delays and inconvenience yesterday (Wednesday) resulted from the traffic signals having been destroyed. Whilst the waiting ofr the new ones to arrive, warnigns were broadcast on Local Radio.
Since the work re-started at the end of July, progress has been better than the earlier period and today, tomorrow and Saturday concrete will be used to fill the trench. Then on Monday and Tuesday next week the section will be resurfaced and cleared, as they move to a section between Kingswood Road and St Johns Road. The new project manager expects that progress then will be quicker as the difficulties previously experienced with the amount of plant of various utilities under the road will diminish.
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Travellers Update
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The agent tells me that Bromley County Court has confirmed that the possession claim has been issued. However, surprisingly, they have insisted on a court hearing which has now been set for 6 September 2010 at 10:30am. We had previously been told that these types of claims are dealt without a hearing at their court.
The possession claim has to be served on the travellers and it’s just possible that they will leave once this has been served. Otherwise, the court’s decision has led to a further delay.
Both the agents and the council are aware of the growing problem of refuse and other waste on the land. There’s little the council can do about it until the site is vacated and it then becomes the responsibility of the owners. The council will try to cite the environmental health concerns as a reason for the court speeding up the process.
It’s been noticed that some of the caravans have left the site. Perhaps others will follow.
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Travelodge
Why the delay:
Travelodge tell us they still want their hotel in Penge (Croydon Rd - see previous entries) to happen, but unfortunately, just one week before the contractors were due to go on site, the contractors went bust. Therefore the project went on hold again, with new contractors currently being investigated to pick matters up.
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Travellers on the kings Hall site
Why the delay:
I have heard from the landowner’s agents and Bromley County Court have still failed to set time aside to make a decision as to whether to grant the possession order. This has now been adjourned on at least two occasions including Friday just gone. Until such time the order is granted it is unlikely that the Travellers will leave the land.
Although LBB have no direct role to play, I have asked the council to use any influence they might have with the Court to get this matter prioritised. The courts are certainly not showing themselves in a good light.
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