Cars Archives - Page 5 of 5

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Brockley schoolchildren face traffic pollution risk

Sep

2013

Three schools within Brockley ward lie within a zone that increases children's propensity to develop traffic-related respiratory conditions, according to research by the Clean Air for London campaign. [...]

Campaign to kill speed on Wickham Road

Aug

2013

Residents in Wickham Road have launched a petition to reduce speeds along Wickham Road. The group, supported by the Brockley Society and the Green Party, are calling for new measures to calm traffic, after the resurfacing work last year made it easier for cars to travel at speed down the 20 mph road.The campaign follows ...

Brockley Park Cars to leave in September

Jul

2013

Brockley Park Cars, the car service operating from the garage at 180 Brockley Road, are to vacate the site in September and relocate to new premises in Blackfen.The move helps pave the way for 180 Brockley Road to become a mixed-use development, but no start date for construction has yet been set.

Sink the South Circular!

Jul

2013

The Evening Standard reports that the Mayor of London's transport advisers are recommending that the South Circular should be driven underground, to free up more space on the surface and make the areas it travels through more pleasant to live and breathe in.The plan is part of a series of recommendations, budgeted at £30bn, to ...

Driving schools in Brockley

Jul

2013

Please post your recommendations here.

Happy heatwave

Jul

2013

The advert on wheels parked on Coulgate Street is due to be destroyed. With thanks to Monkeyboy for the photo.

Catford Broadway improvements begin

Jun

2013

Lewisham Council reports:Work has started on a major refurbishment of Catford Broadway – one of a number of projects being undertaken by Lewisham Council to help attract more shoppers and visitors to Catford town centre.Between now and spring 2014, the Council’s contractors will be:- laying brand new level paving to create a more accessible and ...

Unmarked police car smash on Wickham Road

May

2013

Last night, a car travelling along Wickham Road crashed in to another car turning from Geoffrey Road, causing two people to be taken to hospital and the road to be temporarily closed last night. Wickham Road suffers from boy racers, who make that mini-roundabout particularly hairy. On this occasion, one of the cars was being ...

Miracle on Brockley Cross

Mar

2013

Four roads converged in a yellow hoodThe Brockley Cross makeover is complete. It took a year, a few corners have been cut compared with the original plans and there is still some construction debris lying around (as per the Conway MO), but the overall effect is nonetheless transformative. It's worth remembering just how terrible this ...

Burnout Paradise: Lewisham sticks with 30mph

Feb

2013

In March, Islington will introduce 20mph speed limits to all of its main roads. Greenwich and Hackney are doing likewise. The aim is to reduce the number of people killed on London's roads each year.The Economist says:Slower roads appear to be safer. A paper published in the British Medical Journal looking at accident data from ...