Local St Mark’s Ward Councillors were promised St Philip’s car park would be resurfaced and repainted over 6 months ago, but we are still waiting. “The lines are so faint that users cannot see the disabled bays,” explained Councillor Diane White “On several occasions local blue badge holders have found no where to park but […]

Over 18 months after the initial public consultation over a 20mph in Surbiton town centre, consultation is hopefully going to start again. The ongoing saga of getting safer streets in Surbiton is hopefully entering its last phase. In November 2014 the local Conservatives used a constitutional power to overturn the majority decision of Surbiton Neighbourhood Councillors to […]

After several consultations and more than a year, work on the new cycle lanes for Portsmouth Road from Surbiton to Kingston is due to start this month. Kingston Council was one of 3 London Boroughs to win millions of funding from London Mayor, Boris Johnson, for mini-Holland projects to dramatically improve cycling infrastructure in the borough.  […]

Kingston Council’s Surbiton Neighbourhood will be holding an open community forum on ‘smarter streets’ on Tuesday 10th November. The event, at Dysart School starting at 7.30pm, will be interactive, asking residents to discuss themes such as 20mph limits, air quality, parking, cycling and walking and street clutter. As local Councillors, we value residents and visitors […]

Whilst, not in Surbiton, we wanted to bring to residents attention a survey on the Fountain roundabout in New Malden. Many residents have told us what a nightmare the Fountain roundabout can be for driving, cycling, walking or on public transport. We are calling on Conservative run Kingston Council to make improvements. However, all to […]

Many residents are looking forward to seeing the cyclists on the Ride London again on 1st and 2nd of August.  Some will be taking part. For others the road closures involved in this event can cause problems. Whatever your views, please see the details of the route and road closures to ensure you are prepared. […]

Back in January this year, we updated on the ridiculous process that has been put in place by the Conservative administration on a 20mph speed limit in Surbiton’s residential roads. The highlights up to that point were: In July 2014, Kingston council consulted on a 20mph in residential roads. In November 2014, the Conservatives used […]

Concerns are being raised over road and bridge schemes that are planned and then don’t happen and the knock on effect for small businesses in the area. First example of this was at Brighton Road/Maple Road/Balaclava Road junction where there are some improvements to the junctions to allow a smoother flow of traffic. weekend 28 Feb/1 Mar […]

In January this year, Kingston Council launched a consultation on improvements to the cycle facility on Portsmouth Road from Brighton Road junction in Surbiton to the High Street in Kingston. This is the first of the mini-Holland projects.  The borough received over £30m funding guarantee from the Mayor of London in March 2014 to transform […]

In this year’s budget, Kingston’s Conservative Administration have plans to introduce eight more bus lane and box junction cameras, to raise more funds for the Council. The extra unattended cameras will be in locations where frequent contraventions take place, but not necessarily where safety is the primary concern. Compliance with bus lane and box junctions […]