Kingston Council has announced the plans for the 30 minute free parking trial.  There will be 2 versions of the trial – one will restrict all parking to 30 minutes (which will be free) and the other will give the first 30 minutes free with the option to pay to stay longer. Unfortunately all but […]

Conservative Councillors decided not to accept the decision of the Council’s Surbiton Committee for a 20mph in Surbiton central roads.  Despite a consultation coming back for it, despite the majority Surbiton Councillors views and most importantly despite local schools & local cycling networks wanting it!  It will now be decided by all Councillors at the Council meeting […]

Last week, Surbiton Tories decided that local decision-making was wrong.  They disagreed with a 20mph limit in Surbiton town centre roads as agreed by the local Lib Dem run committee, so they sent it to full council to overturn it.  For more details on the original consultation (including the roads) and the decision see our […]

Last night at Surbiton neighbourhood meeting the local Tories reached a new low and showed their true colours on local decision making.New 20mph speed limits in Surbiton had been proposed. Residents were consulted (with the majority of responses in favour), residents turned up at the meeting and spoke (both those in for it and against), […]

Kingston Council is currently consulting residents on the introduction of 20 mph limits in the central roads to join together the existing 20 limits. Roads that are under consideration for 20mph are: Balaclava Road, Brighton Road, Victoria Road, Cottage Grove, St Mary’s Road, St Andrew’s Road, North Road, St Philip’s Road, St James’ Road, Dolphin Close, […]

Surbiton station remodeling was included in Kingston Council’s bid for the Mayor of London’s mini-holland bid.  Kingston was one of the 3 successful boroughs and will receive up to £30million over the coming years to improve facilities for cyclists across the borough. There has been some discussion in the local paper regarding the proposal for […]

Earlier this year, St Mark’s Liberal Democrats started a petition to improve the frequency of the K4 bus.  It is the only bus that runs down Villiers Avenue and for some residents it is the only bus within walking distance, but it only runs twice an hour and not at all on Sunday. The K4 is […]

On Monday 10th March the Mayor of London and Council Leader Cllr Liz Green announced that Kingston’s ground breaking mini-Holland programme has successfully won £30 million to create a major cycle hub to improve conditions for cyclists. The bid is one of the most ambitious projects of its kind for cycling in London. The GLA […]

The Lib Dems have announced that decisions on parking charges should be decided locally by Neighbourhood Committees, giving more flexibility to local areas to set charges that best fit their high streets or local shops. There are already a lot of free parking spaces across Kingston because we know this is important for residents and […]

According to the Mayor of London, every Londoner should live within 400m of a bus stop with a good bus service. Many residents in Surbiton not only live over 400m from a bus stop, but the service is very poor. The K4 bus only runs every half an hour with no service on Sunday! We […]