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Lewisham Centre Redevelopment Planning Application – Wholly unsatisfactory for cyclists

They may claim they are improving connections but we believe that, for people on cycles, these plans for the redevelopment of the Lewisham Centre are incoherent, badly thought through and unnecessarily restrictive. The very people that the Developer should be encouraging to use cycles to access the new shops and services will be deterred from cycling and will resort to motorised transport. Here we are talking about families, the elderly,… Read More »Lewisham Centre Redevelopment Planning Application – Wholly unsatisfactory for cyclists

Deptford Church Street – Cycle Lanes under construction

After a long time waiting for Thames Water to complete their Tideway SuperSewer works you may have observed Conway are now hard at work re-constructing the whole of Deptford Church Street between Deptford Bridge and Creek Road. The new design will be a single carriageway road with fully segregated cycle lanes and a much improved public realm with more space for pedestrians plus environmentally friendly rain gardens. The hazardous roundabout… Read More »Deptford Church Street – Cycle Lanes under construction

Cycleway 4 is finally complete

Author: Alex Raha. Pictures: Alex Raha, Tim Collingridge, Work on Cycleway 4 (C4) between Deptford, Surrey Quays and Rotherhithe has finally been completed since our last update, in spite of some concerns surrounding the financial uncertainty with Transport for London (TfL). If you’ve missed our earlier blogs on C4 then you can find them here. We thought it would be good to provide a round up as we move forward.… Read More »Cycleway 4 is finally complete

Our 2025 Campaign objectives

At our most recent Annual meeting, we set out our 2022 campaign priorities going into the local elections. 2025 is now about making sure we get Mayor and Cabinet to deliver on what was promised as we gear up towards the next council elections. In the coming weeks we will be writing to the Mayor of Lewisham and all ward councillors, highlighting what we think needs to be done in… Read More »Our 2025 Campaign objectives

2022 Annual Meeting update

Elections to Lewisham Cyclists (LC) Management Committee.The following London Cycling Campaign members stood for election at the Annual Meeting. There were no other candidates, and all Officers were elected unanimously. ▪ Alex Raha – LC Coordinator▪ Jane Davis – Community Engagement & Rides Coordinator▪ John Phillips – Treasurer▪ Tim Collingridge – Secretary For a full copy of the Meeting record including links to all of the relevant reports, click here.… Read More »2022 Annual Meeting update

Cycleway 4 – December Update

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Authors: Alex Raha, Andrew Seeds. Pictures: Andrew Seeds, Tim Collingridge Contractors for Cycleway 4 (C4) have made quite a lot of progress since our last update. If you’ve missed our earlier blogs on C4 then you can find them here. We thought it would be good to provide a round up as we reach the end of the year. Heading East from outside McDonald’s on Bestwood Street (at the borough… Read More »Cycleway 4 – December Update