Posts Tagged ‘Jon Burke’
Keep it civil: Citizen calls for more courtesy in politics
Bash the idea, not the person
Read MoreTitbits – selective voices and multiple choices
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read More‘My door is open’: New transport boss announces ‘reset’ on LTNs as consultation extended
Cllr Mete Coban signals change in approach as he insists ‘no-one has made a fixed decision’ on schemes
Read More‘We owe it to residents’: Hackney Council set to adopt strict new limits on air pollution
Town Hall consulting on a raft of measures designed to help it meet rigorous World Health Organisation guidelines
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion celebrates as Hackney’s estates go glyphosate-free for 2021
Town Hall bans controversial weedkiller for year-long trial as part of wider plans to encourage biodiversity and rewilding
Read MoreHackney City Farm wins funding for two zero-waste initiatives
Farm’s zero-waste shop to expand and add digital signs thanks to backing from North London Waste Authority
Read MoreTown Hall to set out ‘clear vision’ to improve air quality in Hackney
‘Code of construction’ would aim to bring down particulate pollution from building developments
Read MoreBanned turns in London Fields removed following feedback on low-traffic scheme
Transport for London agrees to council request to lift series of restrictions on Richmond Road, Queensbridge Road and the A10
Read More‘Tremendous news’: Unions celebrate as council parking services brought in-house
Unite urges other local authorities to follow suit, saying ‘days of flawed outsourcing business model are numbered’
Read MoreResidents and councillors discuss impact of Hackney Downs low traffic scheme
Safety fears, a ‘gated in’ estate and rushed implementation among issues raised by locals, as transport chief vows to react should problems persist
Read MoreConservative councillors call for ‘immediate end’ to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Transport chief Cllr Burke responds to criticism by saying voters who ‘want to make roads less safe and air more polluted’ now have a choice
Read MoreTown Hall seeks opinions on ageing well, antisocial behaviour and plans for Shoreditch Park
Residents invited to have their say in three consultations being run by the council
Read MoreLabour and Conservative councillors clash following road closure protest
Springfield ward rep says Tories would dismantle low traffic neighbourhoods if elected, which Town Hall transport chief says would only make roads ‘less safe and air less clean’
Read MoreTown Hall calls off Clissold Park’s annual fireworks display due to Covid
Council hopes to stage ‘environmentally mindful’ event when it is once again ‘safe and reasonable to do so’
Read More‘Radical’ road closure plans drawn up for Hackney Central and Stoke Newington
Campaigners already aggrieved by recent measures react as council presses on with drive to discourage private car use
Read MoreTown Hall tweaks low traffic neighbourhood in Hoxton West
Transport chief says disruption caused by new schemes and roadworks across the borough likely to die down ‘in a number of weeks’
Read MoreDisability forum calls for equality of opportunity in Hackney transport
Hackney Disability BackUp warns of members’ continuing challenges in accessing travel over range of ‘long-term and recent’ issues
Read MoreTown Hall unveils new solar panel scheme at West Reservoir Centre
Project by council’s publicly-owned energy company means the Woodberry Down watersports hub will generate all the power it needs from the sun
Read MoreThirty School Streets launched as children return to classrooms
Traffic reduction measures are part of the council’s wider post-lockdown plans to rebuild a greener borough
Read MoreCouncil blames extreme weather for deaths of newly-planted trees on Hackney Marshes
The saplings were planted in February as part of a Town Hall pledge to introduce thousands more trees to the borough by 2022
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