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Leytonstone, E11- Labour Cllr for 25yrs+, WF Climate & Air Quality Portfolio Holder, Dep. Leader- dealing with casework & personal musings.

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@Labourstone
Labourstone
10 months
‘Promoted by David Evans on behalf of the Labour party, 20 Rushworth Street, London, SE1 0SS’
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@Labourstone
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2 years
Gr8 to see @wfcouncil #CycleLanes being cleared of snow & ready for safe use for cyclists. This is about cultural & system change, as well as infrastructure. #BuildItAndTheyWillCome but also #MaintainItAndTheyWillCome ! Thanks to our contractor #Rineys . @WeSupportWFMH @willnorman
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We’ve calculated @wfcouncil has removed 800 car parking spaces on residential streets over past 12 months alone through interventions like #ModalFilters #PocketParks #DoubleYellowLines etc. #HealthyStreets #wfminiholland @WeSupportWFMH @willnorman @london_cycling @livingstreets
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@Labourstone
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4 years
Just signed off further batch of 64 @wfcouncil #wfminiholland #ResidentCycleHangars . #HoeSt - 4 #WilliamMorris -1 #HighSt - 28 #LeaBridge - 21 & #Markhouse - 10. Taking us close to 500 hangars in WF! Cos we’re serious about permanent change! @willnorman @london_cycling @WeSupportWFMH
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@Labourstone
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4 years
Ooooohhhh....been on @BBCBreakfast this AM live from #FrancisRd in #LeytonE10 talking about the fantastic @wfcouncil #wfminiholland and the positive outcomes that come from prioritising road space for #pedestrians and #cyclists rather than just the car. @londoncouncils @LGAcomms
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@Labourstone
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10 Year Anniversary of @wfcouncil #MiniHolland #Enjoy some of the story so far- - 55KM of protected #cycle track - 85 #ModalFilters - 760 #BikeHangars - 45 #PocketParks & #Parklets - 29K residents cycle trained - 180 improved crossings - 11 Station Cycle Hubs - 22 #SchoolStreets
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@Labourstone
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3 years
Another 51 @wfcouncil #CycleHangars signed off y’day for installation in Mar. Taking our total up to around 650 #CycleHangars across the borough! They are an important part of enabling more people to cycle more often. @WeSupportWFMH @allpartycycling @willnorman @LondonCycle3
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@Labourstone
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3 years
I mean who wouldn't want a @wfcouncil #raingarden in their road like this? Increases flood resilience and pollinator opportunities and just looks bloody awesome! #WellesleyRdE17 @WeSupportWFMH @willnorman @WFLabourParty @GMJFord @ClemCowton @susancashmere #DoinIt4TheBees
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@Labourstone
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4 years
On Friday nite some 40 vehicles were issued with #PCNs for parking on the new #Segregated #CycleTrack & pavement on #WoodfordNewRdE17 . Grateful to @MPSWForest for the support and protection to make this happen. #ThisIsWhatEntitlementLooksLike ! @WeSupportWFMH @London_Cycling
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@Labourstone
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4 years
Popped into @Ldn_Ambulance Meeting last night. Pleased to hear the Chief Op. Off. say- “We are not aware of any LTNs that have led to patient safety concerns or any significant delays.” @wfcouncil @WeSupportWFMH @London_Cycling @willnorman #wfminiholland
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@Labourstone
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2 years
Not good enough @Tesco do you really think you should be unloading at this location illegally- #ForestRdE17 - on segregated cycle track, double yellow lines, etc to the tune of 37 #PCNs since January alone? At £60 a pop that's £2200! @WeSupportWFMH @paulyd1107 @London_Cycling
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@Labourstone
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4 years
Just woke up to the news that @jonburkeUK is moving on with his life & stepping down as a Cllr. He has been a leader & champion in developing, implementing & supporting ground breaking environmental initiatives. A stalwart who will be a huge lose to @hackneycouncil & #London .
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@Labourstone
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5 years
I can confirm that @wfcouncil #MarkhouseSeries4 #wfminiholland Scheme is go! I repeat is go! Following overall support from residents during recent consultation on a 26% response rate. Incls. 4 #ModalFilters @WeSupportWFMH @livingstreets @london_cycling @willnorman @sustrans
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@Labourstone
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4 years
Latest visual of @wfcouncil #BellJunction layout on #ForestRdE17 . Works to hopefully to start shortly! Greater #pedestrian & #cycling capacity, priority, safety & improved #publicrealm incl. change to #HowardRd access. @WeSupportWFMH @London_Cycling @allpartycycling @ForestRedEd
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@Labourstone
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4 years
In @wfcouncil we’re working with our volunteer #SnowAngels to get our pavements gritted & made safe for our pedestrians, we’re clearing the snow & ice from & gritting our #CycleTracks , as well as gritting our roads. @willnorman @London_Cycling @carltonreid @laura_laker @sustrans
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@Labourstone
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@Mark_J_Harper @Telegraph Or......you could actually visit areas where #LTNs have been installed and making a positive difference? Rather than erode local decision making further and centralise policy making even more. To be honest I really don't think you understand #LTNs at all!
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@Labourstone
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3 years
Wot a difference a day makes! North/ East Bound @wfcouncil #ForestRdE17 reservoir stretch of improved walking, cycling, planting & public realm works! Connecting @haringeycouncil with @RedbridgeLive via @wfcouncil @WeSupportWFMH @allpartycycling @London_Cycling @willnorman
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4 years
@wfcouncil @NewhamLondon present London’s 1st cross borough #LowTrafficNeighbourhood ! To be developed further as funding becomes available. Letters out to residents from today. @WeSupportWFMH @willnorman @TheWansteadtap @burgessandhall @CannHallCllr @CHARAresidents @JamesAsser
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@Labourstone
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2 years
#Wowzer how short sighted and how disappointing @LutfurRahmanTH . This letter demonstrates a lack of understanding of the issue and the wider climate agenda, as well as a huge lack of political leadership. You should be delivering more #LTNs not ripping these ones out!
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@Labourstone
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Another 27 @wfcouncil #CycleHangars approved today for installation in early April. Takes our total to well over 700! Still 4,000 residents on our waiting list though! So we’re investing £1.6m over the next 3 yrs to deliver another 500. @willnorman @HSscorecard @allpartycycling
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1/2 Every now and then I'm reminded of some of the surreal stuff we've had to deal with to deliver people friendly streets in Waltham Forest....not just coffins but hunger strikes....the irony of the location never ceases to amaze me! @allpartycycling @willnorman @London_Cycling
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5- 4 planter & 1 camera enforced- new #ModalFilters installed today in @wfcouncil part of Londons 1st cross borough #LowTrafficNeighbourhood with @NewhamLondon . #Bollards to complete over next day or so. @JamesAsser @rectripp @WeSupportWFMH @willnorman @CannHallCllr @MPSCannHall
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.....and heres so more @wfcouncil street cleaning vehicles that have been adapted to grit our #CycleTracks !
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4 years
A better use of public space than to store a metal box eg a car? Supporting a local pub to stay open- by creating just a little more outdoor space at this challenging time. @wfcouncil #NorthStar #BrowningRdE11 #LeytonstoneE11 #wfminiholland @WeSupportWFMH @TheWansteadtap
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3 years
#Wowzer busy day in @wfcouncil ! Just signed off 42 new #BikeHangars , 36 new #EVCP , our 1st Resident led #Parklet , 1 new #LTN - #VallentinRd Scheme, another #20MPHZone in Chingford & of course the fantastic #HoeStreetCorridor Scheme! @willnorman @WeSupportWFMH @London_Cycling
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@Labourstone
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5 years
Of the 56 @wfcouncil #CycleHangar locations recently consulted on in the #E17 & #E4 areas 48 will be progressed! This will take the total to around 400 with further batches in #E10 , #E11 & #E17 to be consulted on shortly. #HealthyStreets #wfminiholland @WeSupportWFMH @willnorman
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@Labourstone
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4 years
Had to have a word with this fella on #RamsayRdE7 . Thankfully when faced with me on a bike & camera he agreed that driving over the pavement wasn't right & reversed! #Bollards will be going in to stop this. @WorldBollard @TheWansteadtap @imaxinar @WeSupportWFMH @CannHallCllr
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@Labourstone
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4 years
2 new 'mini' #LTNs intro. this week in @wfcouncil incl. this one at junc of #DudleyRdE17 & #ChingfordRdE17 . Positive feedback already. Awaiting @RachelAldred study on whether sunsets are better in an #LTN ! @WeSupportWFMH @London_Cycling @willnorman @ForestRedEd @allpartycycling
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@Labourstone
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3 years
#Amazeballs the @wfcouncil #WhitneyRdE10 #ModalFilter off of #LeaBridgeRd goes from strength to strength! Gorgeous. Thank you to the volunteer gardeners who tend it and bring us this splendour! @WeSupportWFMH @allpartycycling @London_Cycling @willnorman
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@Labourstone
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There is no 'War on Motorists'- such offensive & inappropriate use of words. What we have is evidence & tragic story, after tragic story that demonstrates we need to go much further to make our roads safer for #pedestrians 🚶‍♀️& other #activetravellers ! I ❤️ #20mph I ❤️ #LTNs
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In the UK during 2022, 1,711 people died and 28,031 people were seriously injured in road crashes. There is no other transport method in which society would accept this level of harm. So why is there not extensive coverage and debate about this appalling level of road harm?
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@Labourstone
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They’re in! @wfcouncil March ‘22’s Cycle Count figures and they’re record breaking! More people cycling in WF in March ‘22 than at any point since we started on this #activetravel journey! #BuildItAndTheyWillCome .
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@Labourstone
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It's 25yrs today- May 7th- since I was first elected for the #Leytonstone Ward in @wfcouncil . It continues to be an honour & a privilege to serve my residents as a @UKLabour @alc Cllr 🌹🌹🌹. @GracieMaeW @MrPeteRobbins @martinangus @helenhbristol @CouncillorTudor @bryony1963
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@Labourstone
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It's actually very disturbing and frightening to hear a UK Prime Minister speak like this. It demonstrates he knows nothing about what he is talking about and cares even less. Read the evidence not the conspiracies! Let local residents decide at the #BallotBox !
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I’m slamming the brakes on the war on motorists - it's as simple as that.
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@Labourstone
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Just been on @BBCNews #Breakfast again with @sustrans @MattWinfield2 and previously with @Rebecca_Newsom from @Greenpeace discussing @wfcouncil #wfminiholland pioneering #walking and #cycling works- everyone wants and should do what we've done. Nice shot of @yardarm_leyton too!
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@Labourstone
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4 years
Thanx to @TfL #LDNStreetSpace funding @wfcouncil will be looking to deliver 2.15kms- in each direction- of light segregated #CycleTrack - #Wands etc- along #ForestRdE17 from #WilliamMorrisGallery to #WoodFordNewRd . More info to come. @WeSupportWFMH @willnorman @London_Cycling
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@Labourstone
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2 years
Following a 15 month trial- I made the @wfcouncil #SchoolStreets at The Winns- 71% reduction of vehicles in the #SchoolStreet , St Marys- 24% reduction, Woodside- 34% reduction, Newport- 25% and Dawlish- 35% reduction, primary schools permanent today! @MumsForLungs @WeSupportWFMH
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@Labourstone
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1/ BOOM! Following a positive consultation I signed off the decision to progress with the @wfcouncil #ForestRdE17 Scheme today, with just a couple of minor tweeks. 🚲🚶‍♀️🛴🌳 🌺 @WeSupportWFMH @APPGCW @willnorman @WFLabourParty @HSscorecard @London_Cycling #BuildItAndTheyWillCome
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@Labourstone
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Signed off this AM the long overdue, permanent & fully segregated @wfcouncil #wfminiholland scheme for #ForestRdE17 ‘tween Blackhorse Junc. & @haringeycouncil border. #FillingInTheGaps ! Works to commence early July. @WeSupportWFMH @allpartycycling @London_Cycling @willnorman
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@Labourstone
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Work to begin within next 2 weeks on installing 1.4KM’s of semi & segregated cycle track along #ForestRdE17 from #BlackhorseRdE17 Junc- in @wfcouncil up to @haringeycouncil border as part of @TfL #LondonStreetspacePlan . @willnorman @London_Cycling @sustrans @Heidi_LDN @CllrSeema
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@Labourstone
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4 years
Gotta say the @wfcouncil planting at the new #WhippsXInterchange looks spectacular at the moment! @WeSupportWFMH #wfminiholland
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Just putting it out there...... #20mph #LTNs schemes etc put people 1st! All our schemes have been consulted on & I & my @WFLabourParty colleagues have been repeatedly held to account at the #BallotBox as we should be. I ❤️ #20mph . I ❤️ #LTNs . #PuttingPeople1st @LabourCllrs
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Another 55 @wfcouncil #ResidentCycleHangar locations consulted on, with 53 going forward to be installed during Nov. & Dec.! Taking us to just shy of 700 in total! @WFLabourParty @miriammirwitch @kira_millana @CannHallCllr @WeSupportWFMH @HSscorecard @willnorman @allpartycycling
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Pleased to confirm that all 5 @wfcouncil #SchoolStreets consultations in Feb./ March returned a positive response and we will be looking to intro them asap. @WeSupportWFMH @livingstreets @MumsForLungs @London_Cycling @sustrans @willnorman #wfminiholland
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2 years
Nothing I like to see more- other than new #Raingardens - is new segregated #CycleTrack being installed. This on #LeytonstoneHighRdE11 . #FillingInTheGaps #BuildItAndTheyWillCome #BLEN
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@wfcouncil has worked hard to reduce #households exposed to #illegal levels of #NO2 from 60K in '07 to under 6K in '17! @MayorofLondon #ULEZ will help us to more! #LetLondonBreathe #wfminiholland #HealthyStreets
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@wfcouncil has recently removed all the pavement parking from #QueensRdE17 to improve and prioritise #pedestrians . In this picture u can just make out how far cars use to impinge on the #pedestrian infrastructure called a #pavement ! #wfminiholland @WeSupportWFMH @sustrans
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2 years
Days later those lovely people at @wfcouncil have only gone and done it again! Another #parklet delivered in #LeytonstoneE11 outside #SanMarinoCafe . I can confirm business and customers are very happy! @LondonParklet @_wearepossible @SustransLondon @London_Cycling
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@MeristemDesign
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Just completed 600 sq mtrs of Rain Gardens along Forest Rd cycle lane (with SuDS) for @wfcouncil With over 10,000 plants and 100’s of trees we think this could be the greenest cycle lane in London. Could all new cycle lanes incorporate greenery...? @willnorman @Labourstone
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So your clearly parking on a #SegregatedCycleTrack associated with #DoubleYellowLines & huge painted #Cycles ! #Wowzer just how selfish can you get! @wfcouncil will do all it can to crack down on these selfish & illegally parked cars- this is #WoodfordNewRd again! @WeSupportWFMH
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More fab @MeristemDesign #Raingarden planting in @wfcouncil #LeytonstoneE11 #BLEN in #LeybourneRdE11 . Nothing better I like to see……….love the the incorporating of stand alone cycle stands for visitors to properties on the street!
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Honour & privilege to be reselected by @UKLabour members in #Leytonstone for Waltham Forest Local Elections- part of the fab @WFLabourParty Team. Grateful for the support I've had! Now to get back out on the #LabourDoorStep ! @LGA_Labour @LabourCllrs @miriammirwitch @kira_millana
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This is how we roll in @wfcouncil ! You've only got to blink and we've whacked another #parklet in! Replacing #carparking with #peopleparking ! Outside #FitnessHub #LeytonstoneE11 @LondonParklet @SustransLondon @_wearepossible
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Busy day yesterday in @wfcouncil . I signed off following consultation the new segregated #cycletrack on Leytonstone High Rd ‘tween Gainsborough & Bush Rds. As well improved pedestrian and cycle crossing facilities and priority. #FillingInTheGaps & delivering #ClimateSafeStreets
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@Labourstone
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Gr8 to see progress on the @wfcouncil segregated #CycleTrack on Wetlands stretch of #ForestRdE17 . 70% complete on North side. Planting due to go in end of Nov. @willnorman @London_Cycling @allpartycycling @WeSupportWFMH @alistrathern #COP26
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Gr8 to pop by #EstherRdE11 today to see the 3 new #Raingardens being planted that form part of the new @wfcouncil #Flood Resilience Scheme. They will look stunning, help improve flood resilience & support #biodiversity ! 🌼🌸🌻🌷🦋🌼🌸🐝🌻 @wflabour @HSscorecard @MeristemDesign
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It's the @wfcouncil Annual Big Bulb Giveaway & we have 125,000 #SpringBulbs we're giving away free to local groups to brighten up their streets & support our #pollinators ! Please email the below if your interested. @GracieMaeW greenspace.volunteers @walthamforest .gov.uk
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@Labourstone
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4 years
#OdessaRdE7 North recorded 2757 motor vehicles per day in 2018. When the CCTV enforced #ModalFilter went in this summer 543 vehicles per day contravened. Last week it was just 70 contravening vehicles. #wfmiminiholland @wfcouncil @London_Cycling @WeSupportWFMH @allpartycycling
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5 years
Proud and honoured to be reappointed as @wfcouncil #DeputyLeader tonite. Thank you @CllrCoghill for your continuing #trust and #faith in me.
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@Labourstone
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I can confirm on a 25% response rate @wfcouncil #Hilltop #wfminiholland consultation results are to support the scheme. All 3 #ModalFilters supported by 60%+, #PublicRealm supported by 68%, #TrafficCalming by 63%. @willnorman @WeSupportWFMH @livingstreets @london_cycling
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@Labourstone
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So @OxfordshireCC in the form of @timbearder @Charlie_Hicks_ @duncanenright @psud12 rocked up in @wfcouncil wanting a tour of our #ActiveTravel infrastructure today! As ever happy to oblige! I think they liked wot they saw! @WeSupportWFMH @allpartycycling @willnorman
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4 years
Another @wfcouncil busy parking enforcement night last night on #WoodfordNewRd & #RuckholtRd enforcing against illegal parking on #wfminiholland #Segregated #CycleTracks . 39 PCNS issued across the 2 locations. @WeSupportWFMH @London_Cycling @sustrans @willnorman @RossLydall
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