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News, comment and features
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The latest news about the Triangle from Richard Eason, Cycle Enfield Consultation Manager, is that the plans include six new trees. Five of these are intended to be ‘heavy standard’ trees (three located around HSBC and two by Starbucks). The sixth tree will be a semi-mature tree to be placed in the middle of the triangle.
So essentially as captured in the attached visualisation, though the positioning of the clock is yet to be agreed.
Work on the triangle is currently scheduled.......
According to a letter delivered to homes in the vicinity of the A105, Cycle Enfield construction work in Palmers Green was due to start "by late January 2017" between Lodge Drive and Osborne Road. Work on this section would continue until June.
17th January 2017
Cycle Enfield construction on the A105
This letter is to inform you of work in your area to construct the A105 cycle lane.
Work on the upcoming sections of the cycle route (between Lodge Drive and Osborne Road and also.......
Members of the public are being invited to contribute to a study into making it easier for patients and visitors to find their way around the new Chase Farm Hospital.
You can do so by attending the meeting below or completing an online survey.
Ever got lost trying to find your way around Chase Farm? Share your experiences and ideas to make the new Chase Farm easy to navigate!
Date: 20 Feb 2017 - 10:00 to 13:00Location: Chase Farm Hospital
In collaboration with the Royal Free Hospital,.......
An online petition on the 38 Degrees website is calling on the Mayor of London to include the whole of Greater London in the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone, for it to cover all types of vehicle and for it to come into force by 2019.
The petition was created by Daniel Jones of Enfield Green Party.
“We call on the Mayor of London and Transport for London to introduce an Ultra Low Emission Zone for all vehicles to cover the whole of Greater London by 2019.”
Why is this important?.......
The organisers of the Fairer Funding for Enfield petition are looking for volunteers to spend a couple of hours in the evening collecting signatures at local leisure centres.
The petition has been set up by the Enfield Over 50s Forum and will be running until the end of March. To collect signatures you don't need to be a member of the Forum or, for that matter, be over 50, as the campaign is intended to benefit borough residents of all ages.
Volunteers don't need any special knowledge -.......
The change from weekly to fortnightly collection of "green" (food and garden waste) recycling will occur in March. Ahead of the change households will be sent a calendar showing which weeks the green bins will be collected.
The following information is taken from the Council website:
Changes to your green bin service
In March 2017 your green bin service will become fortnightly. This will not affect the collection of your other bins or, in the vast majority of cases, the day of your.......
The parent of a child at Oakthorpe Primary School is petitioning Enfield Council to improve pedestrian safety in the vinicity of the school, which is Tile Kiln Lane, near the junction with Chequers Way.
The online petition, on change.org, reads as follows:
Produce adequate road safety for Oakthorpe Primary School before a child is injured.
My child has been attending Oakthorpe Primary School on Tile Kiln Lane since September 2015 and very early on I noticed that there was a major problem.......
In a particularly bad time for air quality (not yet over), a couple of newspaper headlines that bring home the problem.
The front page of yesterday' Evening Standard
A London head teacher today issued a heartfelt “cry for help” to protect her pupils from toxic air which has blighted the capital for days.
Effie Demetriou of Bowes Primary School, next to the North Circular, begged Sadiq Khan and Transport for London to act and cut local pollution........
If you'd like to be a part of St Monica's Players' summer show The Pirates of Penzance then please come along to the read-through to find out what our production team have in store for the show.
Director - Warren McWilliamsChoreographer - Fay KemalMD - Erika Gundesen
Important details for the show:30th of Jan (Monday) Read through, Auditions on the 5th (Sunday) of Feb First rehearsal on the 8th (Wed) of FebShow week at the Millfield is 4th-10th June 2017.Rehearsals.......
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is calling on everyone concerned about the rate at which pubs are closing to back a move to change planning law by contacting members of the House of Lords using the e-activist website.
The owners of the Green Dragon were able to turn it into a shop without planning permission or any kind of notice, leading to the loss of a notable local community amenityUnder current planning law in England, permitted development rights on pubs mean that they can be.......
Enfield Community Singers are performing a very special concert at the URC, Fox Lane Palmers Green, entitled Spring Awakening, on Saturday 25th March at 7,30 pm and will be to raise aware and funds for the London Air Ambulance Service, whilst Entry and Refreshments are free.
The concert with feature the youthful and dynamic singers from Eastfield School Enfield
Items from our repertoire will include selections from Les Miserables and Rodgers & Hammerstein, memories of The Beatles,.......