Bounds Green is home to a fantastic project. Older people from Passmore Edwards supported housing scheme together with children from Bounds Green Primary school work a little allotment. Now instead of being afraid of each other – they are all friends!
One of my favourite bits of Bounds Green is the Myddleton Road Community Garden. From the time I started in politics in Hornsey & Wood Green in 1997, residents from around and about Myddleton Road reported endless problems in term of illegal habitation, dumping, parking problems, litter and so on.
Having raised the issue many times – things have improved over the years – but there is still more to do. Bowes Park Community Association – a very active and good local group – created a fantastic project in a relatively small open space on Myddleton Road – a community garden. Each month volunteers tidy, prune and plant to make sure that this tranquil garden is an attractive place for relaxation and enjoyment.
We have been following a recent consultation on the future of the road closely and will update you when the results of that consultation are made public by Haringey. Already we’ve had some successes with clearing up dumping in the road, but we want to see this neglected road supported further, so that it becomes an area where people will want to visit for their shopping and leisure time.
Another somewhat hidden asset in this ward is the Scout Park. When I first visited I couldn’t believe that hidden away in the middle of residential roads was this incredible park where youngsters from all over the country can come to get stuck into the outdoors life.
Politically, I think Bounds Green residents deserve better than the current Labour Councillors. The Lib Dems want to do things differently and show that campaigners, activists and politicians can and should work all year round.
Labour’s plans to build a waste plant at nearby Pinkham Way have been binned after a long campaign spearheaded by Liberal Democrat Councillor Juliet Solomon of Alexandra Ward and local residents campaign group Pinkham Way Alliance, in which Bounds Green campaigner Sakina Chenot is heavily involved. But the site could still be under threat – the North London Waste Authority now wants to use the Pinkham Way site for delivering, sorting and transferring waste from local households.
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- To make sure that the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is aware of local concern over plans to build a waste processing plant at Pinkham Way, local Liberal Democrats yesterday presented the authority’s top boss with views from hundreds of local residents who had responded to a Liberal Democrat survey. Lynne Featherstone MP and Alexandra [...] read on
- A group of local mothers have this week confirmed fears about the lack of consultation of the local community over plans to build a new waste plant at Pinkham Way. Lynne Featherstone MP met with mums who live close to the site on Friday (1st April 2011) to listen to their concerns and find out [...] read on
- Liberal Democrats have renewed their calls for consultation with local residents on the controversial plans for a depot and new waste processing facilities at Pinkham Way. Earlier this month local councillor, Juliet Solomon, met with Council bosses to highlight the complete lack of any consultation with residents in Alexandra ward and to raise a [...] read on
- To celebrate the 20th anniversary of sheltered housing scheme Passmore Edwards House, Lynne Featherstone MP on Friday joined the residents in special birthday festivities. The Liberal Democrat MP, who has visited the scheme on many occasions, most recently to see an allotment project co-run with Bounds Green school, had the honour of cutting the [...] read on
- Liberal Democrat Crime Spokesperson Cllr Ron Aitken has demanded action after it was revealed that a key Haringey Council crime-fighting post has been left vacant for several months. Minutes from Haringey’s Safer Communities Executive Board (18 February 2010) show that the post of CCTV Manager has been vacant for several months at a time when residents [...] read on
- Here’s my latest column for the Ham & High: The police are planning to expand their presence in Wood Green – keeping the existing police station in use but also moving the front counter to the Fishmongers Arms (right next to the Civic Centre, closer to the centre of Wood Green, closer to where people [...] read on
- Here’s the latest about Wood Green police station. Cllr Robert Gorrie and I met Dave Grant (local Commander) at the brand, spanking newly kitted out police front counter in the ‘Fishmongers Arms’ next to the Civic Centre in Wood Green. (Also on YouTube here) Related posts: Wood Green police station: latest plans Here’s my latest column [...] read on
MP Lynne talks to Greek school students in Wood Green
Hornsey and Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone visited a local Greek Secondary School in Wood Green on Friday, to talk to students about politics and life as a minister. The Member of Parliament took questions from students between 12 and 18, and teachers. She discussed important issues relevant to young people, including the body confidence [...] read on
Local MP visits an urban oasis
An award winning project in Bounds Green, which has transformed a derelict piece of land into a green community hub, has been praised by local MP Lynne Featherstone. The MP visited Imperial Road, to see how the £140,000 has been invested by housing group Places for People, and the benefit it has had on local [...] read on
NLWA boss refuses to attend public meeting on Pinkham Way
Local Liberal Democrats have demanded that Haringey Council intervenes after the top boss at the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) this week refused to attend a public meeting on the controversial plans to build a waste processing plant at Pinkham Way. In April 2011, Lynne Featherstone MP asked David Beadle, the managing director of [...] read on
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