Dagenham Heathway Upgrade

It's good to read in the Barking & Dagenham Post today (page 11) that work will start soon on doing up the Heathway. Everyone knows it needs it.

The changes are based, I belive, on work done by Living Streets, who recommend improving conditions for walking, cycling and public transport; Heathway has suffered from being designed too much around cars.

I would like to think that our audit of the road back in 2003 for the London Cycle Network (the so-called CRIM) would have been taken into account, but somehow I doubt it: Never mind, the Living Streets report was excellent and if half their recommendations are carried out it will be a massive improvement.

Congestion on no 5 Bus Route

According to the Barking & Dagenham Post (16 May 2007) TfL have decided that "there is not a significant problem" on this route.

GLA Member John Biggs (whose constituency includes B&D) has asked people to contact him if they have changed to driving instead of using the No 5, because of the overcrowding.

It may be that people have also switched to less convenient and/or slower public transport routes, too. John Biggs doesn't ask about this, according to the Post article, but I'd suggest you let him know.

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John Biggs
GLA
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
London SE1 2AA

Telephone: 020 7983 4350
Email: john.biggs@london.gov.uk