Streatham Hill Safer Neighbourhoods Team

The next Streatham Hill Safer Neighbourhoods Meeting is on 12/03/2009 at 19:00 - 21:00, Telford Park Tennis Club, Killieser Ave SW2.

For more information about the Lambeth Safer Neighbourhoods Scheme click here.

Streatham, Croydon, Sutton and Wandsworth railway stations to get £5.5m ticket gates

Fourteen railway stations across southwest London are to benefit from a £5.5m scheme to install new ticket gates and ticket machines.
The stations, Streatham, Streatham Hill, Streatham Common, Tulse Hill, Gipsy Hill and West Norwood, will be updated as part of a £15bn investment in the national rail network designed to improve passenger safety and security.
Gates are also planned at eight other stations: Peckham Rye, Purley, Thornton Heath, Norbury, Wallington, South Croydon, Carshalton and Battersea Park.
Passenger fears increased after the 2006 murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce as he left an unmanned station at Kensal Green.
Transport minister Lord Adonis said: "At first the gates will be staffed when operational but from next year they will be staffed for 15 hours a day. This scheme marks the first stages of improvements to station staffing that will be delivered from early 2010."
Anthony Smith, chief executive of Passenger Focus, the rail watchdog, said: "One of the key advantages of installing gates is that they must be supervised and therefore staff are present and visible at the station.
"Passengers tell us that they feel safer when there are staff around and it also means they can ask advice about their journey and easily seek out help."

Application to redevelop Streatham Megabowl submitted - have your say

A developer has made an application to Lambeth council to construct almost 300 new homes on Streatham High Road.

The proposals are to transform the land between Streatham Megabowl and Caesar’s nightclub into 286 housing units and a new retail area likely to include shops and restaurants. The current façade of the Megabowl will be preserved, but the rest of the existing buildings will be demolished.

The Megabowl redevelopment application and an online comments form can be found here.

To view the application offline, you can see copies of the proposals at Streatham Library or the Town Planning Advice Centre (Phoenix House, 10 Wandsworth Road).

Streatham Hill Commuters Overcrowded

Streatham Hill station has been named as one of the worst ‘pinch points’ for overcrowding on London’s busiest rail routes.

A report by the London Assembly’s transport committee on London’s Overground rail network found the most overcrowded trains in London carry around 40% more passengers than they should be. This has led to warnings of dangerous conditions for passengers including fainting and being crushed by train doors.

Further cuts to rail services are proposed following the economic downturn, despite passenger numbers set to increase over the next decade and the Government needs to take action.
Along with Streatham Hill, other south London stations named in the report are Balham, Clapham Junction, Sydenham and Forest Hill.

This story can be read in full at:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23634320-details/Busiest+trains+carrying+40+per+cent+above+their+capacity/article.do

Council Leader Clears Snow

Lambeth Leader, Cllr Steve Reed lead the snow clearing across Lambeth today.

See http://stevereed.org.uk/?PageId=7fcb8d7a-5b75-dc84-1104-884678d10fa1.