Comments(0) After years of campaigning, LibDem councillors in Highbury have succeeded in getting the council to agree to resurface the notorious pot-holes in Witherington Road.
We were initialled told by the Labour councillor in charge of roads that
the council would only fill pot holes in “working-class areas” of Islington but after LibDem councillors, Terry Stacy, John Gilbert and Julie Horten got the council’s Chief Executive personally to intervene, the entire length of Witherington Road is now to be resurfaced. Preliminary work on the drains will start on 25 January and the main resurfacing work is scheduled for 20-1 February.
The bottom section of Highbury Grove from St Paul’s Road to the Baalbec Road junction is also due to be resurfaced shortly, including the short section of Highbury New Park where it leads from Highbury Grove to Grosvenor Road. The preliminary work on the drains will also take place on 25 january with the main work spread over 4 days from 16-19 February
Highbury Clock Tower which was built to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria is set for a new lease of life to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II this year.
The council is planning to chop down a healthy mature London Plane tree on Highbury Fields and drastically prune 5 others (by as much as 40%) later this month. The trees, which are thought to be approximately 120 years old, are part of an avenue of plane trees running from Highbury Grove to Church Path behind the One O’Clock Club and backing on to Baalbec Road.
would be additional costs involved in gaining access to dig and reinstate the trench. To put these costs in context, the trees are valued at over £600,000 and the council is currently estimating that it will underspend its capital budget by £30 million this financial year.
last month aged 82.
Responding to the news that Islington Council will be extending its borough-wide 20mph speed limit to include main roads managed by the council, Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition and Highbury councillor Terry Stacy, said:
An estimated 250 people, the biggest crowd ever, turned out on Saturday to watch local resident “Suggs” from the ska band “Madness” turn on the Highbury Barn Christmas lights.
We are delighted that, after years of campaigning and months of work on site, the new cycle crossing over Holloway Road by the Central Library is now operational
“Suggs“, the lead singer of 80s best-selling band Madness, will be switching on the Christmas lights at Highbury Barn. He joins the list of Islington celebrities that have switched the lights on in Highbury to date, including TV presenter Clive Anderson, author Nick Hornby and actress Gwyneth Strong from Only Fools and Horses.
We understand the benefits of a comprehensive network of base stations in giving good mobile phone and mobile broadband coverage and are also aware of the weight of scientific studies (although many seem to be commissioned by the industry) which demonstrate that base stations are not harmful to health. Nevertheless other studies have reinforced concerns about the health effects of long term exposure to high concentrations of mobile phone signals particularly where base stations are close to other base stations, as the proposed new station will be to the existing O2 station on top of the Arsenal Tavern public house.