Labour-run Haringey Council spends nearly half a million pounds a year on a building which is massively under-occupied. The Civic Centre building in Wood Green, which hosts the council meetings and is the base for the registrars’ service, is more than half empty.
Caroline Pidgeon AM joined London and Kingston Liberal Democrat campaigners out and about campaigning in New Malden on Friday 12th July.
Caroline knocked on doors talking to local residents about key issues including transport and the Mayor's police cuts.
Caroline was campaigning for local Lesley Heap, the Lib Dem Candidate in the forthcoming Beverley Ward by-election.
Caroline Pidgeon AM joined local Lib Dem Councillors and campaigners in Haringey on Friday 5th July to look at a number of transport issues in the Borough.
Harringay Green Lanes Station
Caroline met with Cllr Schmitz and others to look at the issues at this station, in particular the Gospel Oak to Barking Line’s closeness to houses on Lothair Road. Caroline heard about ongoing work to try to resolve some of the noise issues which come from Goods trains and others in the early hours on this line and have potentially caused structural damage to homes, as well as excessive lighting at night at the station.
“Given that this line will now be electrified there is clearly going to be a lot of further work over the next few years and ultimately there could be more trains on this line. I have therefore asked Network Rail to consider the idea of a noise barrier – something I helped with at a different Underground station in Kensington, as well as seeking clarification on what works are planned to try to resolve these noise and vibration issues” commented Caroline.
The Mayor has recognised the “reasonable business case” for extending the Tramlink to Sutton after being grilled at City Hall by Caroline Pidgeon AM, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group.
Caroline Pidgeon AM, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on the Mayor’s Roads Task Force report which has been published today, said:
“In an attempt to please everyone this report contains a rag bag of ideas. Some of the ideas are very good, but there are some ideas that are outdated, impractical and harmful for London’s environment.