April 10th, 2012 by Mark Rusling
The residents associations on Milton and Aubrey Roads need your help. They are hoping to hold a street party to celebrate the Olympics, and we are helping them out. You can view their plans here. If you can offer any help or suggestions, get in touch with the organisers through their website. See you there!
May 12th, 2011 by Mark Rusling
Work will soon start on re-surfacing the footpaths on Copeland Road and Leamington Avenue, as well as the carriageways on Milton Road and Wingfield Road. Council officers hope to start by June this year, and to finish by March 2012.
This year, The Drive has been re-surfaced. Even though the council is going through the toughest financial times in living memory, we are still fighting for the money to renovate roads in the ward. We will let residents know when the works are to start.
March 9th, 2011 by Mark Rusling
Our campaign to stop speeding cars in five roads in Hoe Street has been featured in the local Guardian. Drivers regularly go the wrong way, and at speeds vastly in excess of the limit, in Milton, Aubrey, Tower Hamlets, Browns and Byron Roads.
We will be starting our petition in the next few weeks, and residents have already started to contact us with their ideas. If you would like more information, or would like to make suggestions, get in touch.
February 27th, 2011 by Mark Rusling
We have joined forces with the Aubrey Road and Milton Road Residents Associations to fight drivers who ignore speed limits and road signs and put residents’ lives at risk. Drivers often speed down Aubrey Road, Milton Road, Tower Hamlets Road, Browns Road and Byron Road to get between Hoe Street and Forest Road, and to get to Church Hill.
The speed limit on all the roads is 20mph, but that doesn’t stop many drivers. We are contacting residents to warn them of this danger, and to ask them to sign our petition. We’ll then take up this issue with council traffic officers. Below is a press release we will be sending to local newspapers.
Speed Demons
Chairs of two Walthamstow residents associations have joined local councillors to say ‘enough is enough’ to speeding cars. Milton and Aubrey Roads are often used by drivers to cut from the Bell Corner on Forest Road to Hoe Street, and as a dangerous short-cut to Church Hill.
Both have 20 mph limits, as do the surrounding streets – Tower Hamlets, Byron and Browns Roads. However, that doesn’t stop many thoughtless drivers, who often clock up speeds of over 40 mph and ignore one-way signs.
The local councillors, Saima Mahmud, Ahsan Khan and Mark Rusling, are visiting residents to warn them of the dangers of speeding cars and to ask them to sign a petition calling for action.
They said: “We are very concerned that drivers are blatantly ignoring the speed limit. By ignoring the speed limit, they are ignoring the right of residents to be safe in their own streets. We’re going to work with Barry and James to sort this out”.
Barry Coidan, Chair of Milton Road Residents Association said: “These are quiet residential streets with a lot of families and older people living in them. It is totally unacceptable for drivers to put our lives at danger just to shave a few seconds off their journey”.
James Phillips, Chair of Aubrey Road Residents Association, added: “The number of new families with young children has increased on our street and residents are worried that it’s only a matter of time before a child is struck by one of these speeding one-way drivers”.
Residents can contact the councillors through www.workingforhoestreet.org.uk to find out about the campaign.
February 19th, 2011 by Mark Rusling
Orphan sites have been blighting this borough for years. These are areas – often quite small – which nobody owns or cares for, so which become dirty and unsightly. We have been reporting sites that we have seen in the ward, arranging for them to be cleaned.
The alleyway between Hurst Road and Forest Road is one area – it has become overgrown and is an eyesore. By May, it will have been dealt with – the weeds will be removed and turfed over and the wall will be removed. Overhanging branches will be removed and improved lighting will be installed.
The alleyway between Howard Road and Aubrey Road is prone to fly-tipping, graffiti and anti-social behaviour. This will be improved by the end of May and will be taken over by the Aubrey Road Residents Association.
If there are other orphan sites that need to be sorted, let us know.
Four roads in Hoe Street ward have also been approved for improvement works, after lobbying from Saima, Ahsan and I. Copeland Road, Leamington Avenue, Milton Road and Wingfield Road will all be worked on in the next year.
February 10th, 2011 by Mark Rusling
The council is organising the Waltham Forest Spring Clean from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 March. A number of small clean-ups will be taking place across the borough, organised by residents’ associations, schools and councillors. Local communities will get together to pick litter, paint, prune and remove graffiti and fly-tipping. All the litter will be recycled. We want to work with you to make Hoe Street cleaner, in time for Spring.
On Friday 25 March, school children will be involved in clean-ups throughout Waltham Forest. Many groups in Hoe Street ward have already decided to get involved – including the Walthamstow Village Residents Association, Milton Road Residents Association and the Friends of Wingfield Park.
If you would like to organise your street to join the clean-up, let us know. Council officers can provide you with the equipment, and we’d be happy to join you to help out.
Get in touch, and together we will make Hoe Street a better place to live in!
February 27th, 2010 by Mark Rusling
Today, after helping out at the community health event in the Orford Road Asian Centre, we headed to Milton, Cairo and Tower Hamlets Roads. We spoke to over 50 residents about parking issues and crime. Some residents told us that they would like to see more police on their streets, and we are working hard to make that happen.
We attend the Hoe Street Safer Neighbourhood Team panel meetings, where we feed back your views to the local police officers. The Labour Party is also backing the 120 Campaign, to persuade the Mayor of London to allocate enough funding to Waltham Forest to bring our police numbers in line with neighbouring boroughs. At the moment, we have the same number of police as Redbridge, but the same number of crimes as Hackney.
We are very happy to take a stand with residents against crime in our area. We all live locally, so we all have the same experiences of crime – do get in touch if you would like to work with us.
