Traffic and Transport Issues and the Wonderful Platinum Jubilee

Councillor Gerald McGregor of Homefields Ward reports back on his week


Cllr Gerald McGregor

Work still continues listening to, assisting and supporting local residents. There are a large number of concerns raised by residents across Chiswick and your Conservative Councillors are responding to a range of issues by logging requests, building case work files for a response from the council and trying to find out more details about major planning proposals. A key concern now is height and over building in new projects and the latest plans for Chiswick Terrace involve a range of important retail premises. We can’t wait to get the Chiswick Forum back up and running under new chairman Cllr Ron Mushiso.

Traffic and Transport

Another disheartening disruption to daily life in Chiswick. Detours of up to a mile and a half are having to be made when Turnham Green Terrace is subject to road works and closure.

The site manager indicated to the Local Conservative Councillors just how difficult the job was, with a relatively light covering of tarmac sitting on a concrete sub-surface. Drilling out the concrete to provide a working environment, then assessing the damage in detail, with repairs to the pipework and filling the hole. The aggregate materials supporting the new pipes linking the existing infrastructure were put in place first, before then replacing the concrete raft and finally the new tarmac surface. All the materials dried out quickly allowing the team to use compacting equipment to fully secure any damage.

The site manager had inspected the whole length of the terrace and was not optimistic about other holes appearing. The tarmac appeared to be showing some cracks under strain in several places and not in those areas previously repaired. In consequence we may be in for more disruption in the near future. Much of the infrastructure has been in place for more than half a century

Turnham Green Terrace before midday on Wednesday 29 June. Still closed with massive disruption to traffic. Motor bicycles and cyclists endangering the workforce and pedestrians alike by carrying on riding and powering around the works in progress onto the pavements in complete breach of any road safety criteria.
Turnham Green Terrace before midday on Wednesday 29 June. Still closed with massive disruption to traffic. Motor bicycles and cyclists endangering the workforce and pedestrians alike by carrying on riding and powering around the works in progress onto the pavements in complete breach of any road safety criteria.

Working surface back in place over a twenty-foot hole, back filled and repaired in record time (thanks to the good weather and their expertise) by the Wimbledon based Cappagh Civil Engineering Group The Working surface back in place over a twenty-foot hole, back filled and repaired in record time (thanks to the good weather and their expertise) by the Wimbledon based Cappagh Civil Engineering Group

Traffic flowing freely after 12.15 on Wednesday 29 June, seven days earlier than was originally fearedTraffic flowing freely after 12.15 on Wednesday 29 June, seven days earlier than was originally feared

Hounslow Council and Ealing Council refused point blank to re-open Fishers Lane to private motor traffic during this further loss of Turnham Green Terrace; at a recent council meeting the new leader, Cllr Rajawat promised to be a listening administration.

“ Plus ca change “

A TfL officer from the Bus Support Division quickly on site at 12.25pm to take down the closure and diversion Bus Stop signs on Turnham Green Terrace for the E3 buses. The first bus down the road can be seen in the background going Southbound. Great Co-Ordination. The technology in use was a long pole!
A TfL officer from the Bus Support Division quickly on site at 12.25pm to take down the closure and diversion Bus Stop signs on Turnham Green Terrace for the E3 buses. The first bus down the road can be seen in the background going Southbound. Great Co-Ordination. The technology in use was a long pole!

There are major concerns for shopkeepers, retailers and traders in Chiswick when this sort of incident occurs as it damages footfall in restaurants and premises and makes transporting goods well-nigh impossible. In this case the silver lining to the cloud is the speed of Hounslow Highways, Thames Water and Cappagh and TfL in responding to this major incident

Better news for all the community: A Roll of Honour in Chiswick

The Street Party Streets Celebrating Her Majesty the Queen

The platinum jubilee celebrations were unique at every level. The events around 4th June captured the imagination of many people; coming out of Covid-19 lockdowns the need to socialise and regain contact with friends and neighbours led to an unprecedented number of parish thanksgiving services and local street and neighbourhood parties.

Chiswick Southfield was celebrated a fortnight ago on these pages so let us now look at the three other wards in Chiswick, Gunnersbury Park, Homefields and Riverside. Every street party organised could claim a grant from the Jubilee fund and Hounslow Highways was busy on Public Holiday duty packing up barriers and warning signs and moving them from street to street across the area.

Let us truly thank and recognise the public-spirited organisers and volunteers and those who participated, putting new life back into our local communities. These are the parties logged by Hounslow Highways:

Who came first?

June 2nd The Spring Bank Holiday

Priory Avenue and Devonshire Road

June 3rd The Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday………

Cornwall Grove and Ernest Gardens

June 4th The Saturday of the Celebrations

Sutton Lane North, Lonsdale Road, Pleydell Avenue

Grantham Road, Grove Park Terrace, Abinger Road

Wilmington Avenue, Thorney Hedge Road, Silver Crescent

June 5th The Sunday (with the greater number of parties)

Spring Grove, Wavendon Avenue, Strand on the Green

Foster Road, Grove Park Road, Whitehall Park Road

Wolseley Gardens, Airedale Avenue, Upham Park Road

Thornton Avenue, Wilton Avenue, Milnthorpe Road

Chara Place, Stamford Brook Avenue, Burnaby Gardens

Beverley Road, and last but not least Wellesley Road

The Chiswick Councillors send hearty congratulations to all those who got involved in organising, supplying, feeding and helping others enjoy the wonderful few days.

Your Councillors

Please remember that your Conservative Councillors are here to help and assist all residents in matters concerning your needs in the community and your concerns about local Hounslow Administration in Chiswick. We also act as a conduit by forwarding and escalating concerns and enquiries through Nick Rogers our Local South West Greater London Assemblyman and into Central Government.

We are beginning the next four-year cycle of the Council with new colleagues and we are already busy at work having hit the ground running after the Election. We have held surgeries and our response rate to residents with new issues is reflected in the amount of casework underway.

If you prefer to see a local councillor confidentially face to face, then please do so in the first instance through our regular surgeries:

SURGERIES IN CHISWICK AND GUNNERSBURY

We are back to our usual routine of holding face-to-face surgeries in Chiswick and in Gunnersbury.

Chiswick: Every Saturday from 9.30am to 10.30am at Chiswick Library (the eight Conservative councillors take this surgery in turn).

Gunnersbury: First Saturday of the month from 10am to 11am at The Gunnersbury Triangle Club, Triangle Way, off The Ridgeway, W3 8LU (at least one of the Chiswick Gunnersbury ward councillors take this surgery). 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Thursday, 30th June at 7pm: Planning committee

Tuesday, 5th July at 7pm: Cabinet

Thursday, 14th July at 7pm: Planning committee

Tuesday, 19th July at 7pm: Borough Council

Tuesday, 1st September at 7pm: Overview and scrutiny committee

Tuesday, 13th September at 7pm: Chiswick Area Forum

CONSERVATIVE COUNCILLORS

Chiswick Homefields ward

Cllr Jack Emsley jack.emsley@hounslow.gov.uk 07977 396017

Cllr Gerald McGregor gerald.mcgregor@hounslow.gov.uk 07866 784821

Cllr John Todd john.todd@hounslow.gov.uk 07866 784651

Chiswick Riverside ward

Cllr Peter Thompson peter.thompson@hounslow.gov.uk 07977 395810

Cllr Gabriella Giles gabriella.giles@hounslow.gov.uk 07966 270823

Chiswick Gunnersbury (was Turnham Green) ward

Cllr Joanna Biddolph joanna.biddolph@hounslow.gov.uk 07976 703446

Cllr Ranjit Gill ranjit.gill@hounslow.gov.uk 07976 702956

Cllr Ron Mushiso ron.mushiso@hounslow.gov.uk 07976 702887

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July 3, 2022