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One entity should be running both foot tunnels!! Sign the petition! Petition · LIFTS NOW! It's time for TfL to step up - London, United Kingdom · Change.org change.org/p/lifts-now-it-s-…
Greenwich foot tunnel is also in really bad condition
Lifts not working
Clogged with hire bikes at both ends
Yet most users are from the Council @TowerHamletsNow that has earn't hundreds of millions in S106, NHB and CIL meant to be spent on infrastructure like this but won't
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Hi @Royal_Greenwich illuminated signs warning tunnel users the north lift isn’t working, can’t be seen so ppl get across & then have to carry bikes etc. Please ask contractors to *think outside the box.* @_LimeAID @limebike
@forestbike_uk please collect your bikes
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Tower Hamlets has earned huge amounts of money from developers in s106 & CIL payments for developments around Canary Wharf
The money is meant to be spent on infrastructure like the tunnel but the Council has internally borrowed it to spend elsewhere
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RT @EscalateCSDLR: @GreenGreenwich Indeed. Locally ,we await news on Greenwich's bid to the Dept for Transport to fix both the Woolwich and…
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@limebike on pavements: take your pick - why @MayorofLondon is doing ef all about it is a mystery. Stop paying your CT portion to his office until this finally resolved. Pavement obstruction (& not only Lime by the looks of it from Traf. Sq Fri/ 1st pic SE10)
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Yesterday👇. We regularly post updates & @limebike @forestbike_uk bots ask us to dm them with bike location info when it’s perfectly clear where the bikes are! @Royal_Greenwich submitted a funding bid to DfT for full regeneration. Waiting on a response ……
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Greenwich foot tunnel is also in really bad condition
Lifts not working
Clogged with hire bikes at both ends
Yet most users are from the Council @TowerHamletsNow that has earn't hundreds of millions in S106, NHB and CIL meant to be spent on infrastructure like this but won't
This is just embarrassing.
In 2019, Notre Dame burnt down.
The damage was immense, costing nearly €700 million to fix.
It took 5 years to reopen to the public.
In the SAME WEEK, Hammersmith Bridge closed because of some structural damage.
It didn’t burn down, and it didn’t collapse.
Cars and buses were banned from using the bridge.
Seven years later, it STILL has not reopened.
We have spent £60 million since the closure, and we are nowhere close to opening it again.
This is what happens when we forget how to build.
Bridges close, and we are just meant to accept they will never open again.
Potholes appear in the roads, and they never get fixed.
Trains get delayed, and that’s just “how it is now”.
We should never accept this.
We are campaigning against it. Join us.
What do you think?
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A text from a commuter. Same old. #GreenwichFootTunnel @TfL @MayorofLondon @Royal_Greenwich @LondonAssembly @TowerHamletsNow @limebike @forestbike_uk #ActiveTravel ????
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Over 55K in unpaid parking fines in a year! How do they get away with this? If it was one of us the bailiffs would be knocking on our doors. Why haven't the vans been confiscated?
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And now they’re in Greenwich ripping people off and taking business from established tax-paying shops. It’s just wrong. @Royal_Greenwich @MrJayDele
“These vans make thousands illegal parking in some of the busiest London tourist traps. They've been moved on, fined and even had their vehicles crushed but nothings stopped them”. @Royal_Greenwich youtu.be/UQ63ee4sJMQ?is=B-Gc…
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“These vans make thousands illegal parking in some of the busiest London tourist traps. They've been moved on, fined and even had their vehicles crushed but nothings stopped them”. @Royal_Greenwich youtu.be/UQ63ee4sJMQ?is=B-Gc…
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Just 32 of 361 PCNs have been paid! What is the point of the multi agency task force? @Royal_Greenwich @MrJayDele
Meanwhile, here in Greenwich we have diesel ice cream vans pumping out poison on our streets for hours! There’s a ban, tickets handed out, but when they make ££££ every hour, they can afford to pay up. They need to be removed! ! @Royal_Greenwich @MrOkereke
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“These vans make thousands illegal parking in some of the busiest London tourist traps. They've been moved on, fined and even had their vehicles crushed but nothings stopped them”. @Royal_Greenwich youtu.be/UQ63ee4sJMQ?is=B-Gc…
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BIDs take eighteen months to two years to be established .They need a yes vote from businesses included in the BID boundary .
Businesses need persuasion that their extra levy on top of their business rates will see a permanent improvement to services such as street cleaning. BIDs last five years, businesses will need proof of that promise.
How do you prove a promise ?
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What has happened to that Greenwich council bid to Govt for funds to renew all four lifts in both Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels. #GreenwichFootTunnel #WoolwichFootTunnel @Royal_Greenwich ? Any news?
A photography work assignment has taken me through the Woolwich foot tunnel. Good to see counter weights and cables ready for installation at the north lift. People who use this tunnel to get to work or Uni of east London will be relieved. #WoolwichFootTunnel #ActiveTravel
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“Just worth noting the EscalateNow! group” - TfL. We appreciate the acknowledgment of our community group, run by local residents wishing to enhance our town centre. #Greenwich share.google/GZb3GLl21mgcOOI…
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Thanks Conor. I love working with local residents to achieve the things they’ve elected me to do. Volunteer groups are the bedrock of our community and I’m so grateful for their support. Another great community group is greenergreenwichcommunitynet…
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Councils do have powers, more than they realise. It’s taken our team 8 months of perseverance to finally get @Royal_Greenwich to resolve legal issues. And it was local resident (now Cllr Karin Tearle!) who kicked this off in 2025 by cleaning one out (with difficulty!). See before & after!
ALT Vandalised red phone box full of litter
ALT Revamped red telephone box
2. Telephone boxes
Semi-abandoned telephone boxes attract anti-social behaviour. They are a blight. That’s why we need to:
📞 Give councils stronger powers to remove redundant boxes.
📞 Make it easier to repurpose historic red telephone boxes as community assets.
📞 Strengthen planning laws to ensure communications equipment remains properly maintained.
Read Box Blight to find out more👇 createstreets.com/employees/…
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