Greenwich Pedestrianisation Update

After the consultation at Davenport house last weekend, a number of things became apparent about the Council’s preferred option for a one-way gyratory system clockwise on Creek Rd, Greenwich Church St, Greenwich High Rd and Norman Rd.

The cost of implementing the gyratory alone would be £3.5m and the answer Cllr David Grant received when asking what the benefits to local residents would be was “None”.

Chris Roberts, Labour leader of Greenwich Council, has been quoted as saying: “As a world heritage site, Maritime Greenwich receives around nine million visitors a year and we need to ensure the town is a fitting place for the increased numbers of people we are expecting in the run up to, and during, the 2012 Games.”

What he fails to mention but was brought up by the Consultation Team at Davenport house is: “there is currently no funding set aside for the pedestrianisation”, and “that it would not be ready for the 2012 Olympics!”

The Greenwich Council plans include pedestrianisation schemes and landscaping improvements to Cutty Sark Gardens however, there is currently no funding set aside for this project, and this is in the face of up to 40% spending cuts that the Council are going to be making.

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