Work starts on Greenford Regeneration
The other day, 
I joined the leader of Ealing Council, Jason Stacey, to launch the Good for Greenford regeneration work. The regeneration of Greenford Town Centre is long over due and Cllr Stacey has been working hard for the last 2 years to bring this to fruition.
This regeneration is a long way from the plans of the previous Labour administration to build up to a 100 flats over the Greenford Hall, but instead will see the Town Centre transformed. The work will include
- new street paving in high quality Yorkstone
- redesigning junctions to improve pedestrian safety and reduce congestion
- stop and shop parking facilities to make it easier to shop
- grants for businesses to upgrade their shopfronts
- new benches, flower beds and other street furniture to make the town centre more attractive
- new street lighting to improve safety in the town centre
Signs have now gone up around the town centre to keep residents and traders fully informed (click image to enlarge) about the works that will take place over the next 18 months. More than £3million of the investment comes from the Council’s £15million regeneration fund, which is being spent to improve town centres across the borough and TfL (Transport for London) are also investing significant sums as well.
With my Children’s Services hat on, I’m particularly pleased that a new crossing will be installed outside of Cardinal Wiseman School, which is something I’ve pushed for as there have been unfortunate accidents here in the past.
Tags: Cardinal Wiseman, Cllr Stacey, Good for Greenford, Greenford, Regeneration
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15 November 2008 at 10:10 am
Dear Mr Gibb
Re the proposed regeneration of Greenford shopping area, are there any plans to prevent Asian shopkeepers from taking over the areas outside their premises ? This practice has, for reasons unknown to myself, been allowed to escalate and is resulting in a very unsightly shopping area. Before long it will resemble Southall broadway where fruit and vegatable stalls spill out onto the pavement making it almost impossible to pass. Unwanted vegatables end up being thrown into the gutter and left to rot. This practice has also been adopted in the Alperton area where shops have been allowed to encroach further and further onto the pavement.
I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on this matter and look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Regards
N. Hardman (Mrs)
15 November 2008 at 4:55 pm
It can be a bit complex because traders can pay a licence fee to use the land in front of their shops. Officers monitor the situation and should take action when the rules are breached. Cleaner streets is one of Conservative Ealing Council’s three priorities (the others being Value for Money and Safer Communities) so I’m sure our envirocrime people will take action if rubbish is thrown into the gutters.
We’ll keep an eye on it and make sure the traders keep within their permitted areas
21 September 2009 at 4:02 pm
I wonder if Mr. Gibb has ever tried to drive through Greenford Broadway during the morning, afternoon, or evening since the work has been completed. Instead of parking spaces, and massive pavement – bus lane is what was really needed.Its worst now than it was before. Whose idea was it ?
Regards E. Shack