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Secure bike parking – coming this way

Posted in ASSA business, Community involvement, Green issues, Traffic and transport on 5 April 2014| Leave a Comment »

ASSA has long campaigned for secure bike parking for residents – a few years age we successfully worked with Lambeth Council and London & Quadrant Trust to win secure bike sheds available for most of the Trust’s tenants in Albert Square.

Now the council has stepped up its commitment to support cycling and cyclists by installing secure bike hangars on our streets. You might have seen these on neighbouring streets and now, after an extensive period of consultation, Lambeth is proposing to install secure bike hangars on:

St Stephen’s Terrace – outside no. 19
Aldebert Terrace – outside no. 8.

However, there has not yet been any proposals for similar hangars in Albert Square or Wilkinson Street.

In Albert Square, some individual residents are vociferously opposed to any siting of hangars in the square. However, there does seem to be demand for secure on-street bike parking as 4 to 5 bikes are regularly chained to the railings opposite 6-14 Albert Square (including one that has been vandalised, indicating a need for secure provision).

On Wilkinson Street, there has been no expressed indication of need, although bikes are sometimes parked on the street, and a previous walk-around by the Lambeth Cycling Officer and ASSA members indicated a possible site alongside the entrance to the car park behind the flats next to St Stephen’s Church.

If you have any views about the siting of the bike hangars, especially if you are a bike owner seeking secure on-street parking, please email Eric Duval, cycle parking programme, at: eduval@lambeth.gov.uk

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Redesign Our Streets- This Saturday 20 July between 9 and 5 pm Wheatsheaf Hall

Posted in ASSA business, Community involvement, Green issues, traffic calming on 15 July 2013| 2 Comments »

PLEASE come along even for a FEW minutes between 9 and 5 and input your ideas. Money HAS been allocated for VERY REAL change in the next 12 months. IF we are to have a good chance of getting improvements to OUR streets then we need the maximum number of local residents to come along and show their enthusiasm for the resources to be allocated here.

This is a very real chance to make a difference and have your say on what you would like to see happen. Local Residents groups have joined together with the engineers at Lambeth Council and you can come along and talk to them about what you think we need in our streets.

The following items can be altered or changed in this Current Enhancment programme:

EFFECTIVE Speed and traffic reducing measures/ traffic calming
Street Greening- more trees -more plants
Cycle Parking
Secure cycle storage
Bins- come along and choose the bins and talk to Lambeth experts about Waste management

There are different ways of joining in. You could come along and comment on photos of our local street scenes that will already be up on walls. Alternatively, take pictures on your phone or camera of the things that you like or dislike and bring them along to be printed off and add to the discussions. Seen a great bin- take a picture? Gone past traffic calming ideas or tree planting ideas in other neighbourhoods – take a picture and have it printed off on Saturday.

The Wheatsheaf Hall on Wheat sheaf Lanes is a beautiful building – just off the South Lambeth Road-just after the Brazilian pub and before Wyvil School.

Make YOUR opinion heard, help co- design and improve our streets.

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REMINDER: Trash or Treasure this Saturday – 20 April, 10.30am – 1pm

Posted in Community involvement, Green issues on 16 April 2013| 1 Comment »

The sun is set to shine, so get out on your doorstep, join your neighbours and take part in our community recycling event.

Sell, swap or give away your unwanted goods – and buy or take away those of your neighbours.

It’s free
It’s fun
Meet the neighbours
And you can get rid of those unwanted things too.

Has your bike been packed away all winter? You’ll have the chance to get it oiled, patched up and ready for summer action with our on-site bike mechanic.

And we’ll clear away any unwanted goods when it’s over and take them to a local charity shop.

For more information on taking part, contact Brenda on: brenda@bskirsch.demon.co.uk or 07856 232 553.

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SAVE THE DATE – Trash or Treasure is back on 20 April

Posted in Community involvement, Green issues on 10 March 2013| Leave a Comment »

Our popular community recycling event, Trash or Treasure, is back! Save the date – Saturday 20 April from 10:30 am – 1 pm – and start collecting your disposables, sale items, crafts etc.

If you have any unwanted items – toys, clothes, unwanted DIY bits, old pots of still useful paint etc – get them together for sale/giveaway/exchange outside your door on the day.

You can keep the money made or give it to the charity of your choice.

ASSA is planning to host Dr Bike – free bike repairs – and other recycling events on the day.

Look out for the flyers and posters nearer the date, as well as more information here.

For those who haven’t done it before Trash or Treasure is a fun event and a really nice way of meeting the wider neighbourhood.

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Bizarre theft of window box

Posted in Green issues on 23 February 2013| 3 Comments »

A resident in Wilkinson Street recently experienced a bizarre crime . A window box in the front ground floor window was stolen, all the plants were taken out and left loose in another tub, and the heavy box and its supply of earth were taken.

Has anyone else had anything similar happen? Please do let ASSA know. If there is a pattern of residents losing garden materials, plants etc, we will raise it with the safer neighbourhood policing team to follow up.

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How should we improve our area? Fill in the survey and let us know

Posted in Community involvement, Green issues, Planning and development, Traffic and transport on 22 January 2013| Leave a Comment »

Lambeth Council has approached all the residents’ associations in our area about its plan to invest in a Neighbourhood Enhancement Programme. The Neighbourhood Enhancement Programme is about street improvements for all the streets in the triangle between Stockwell, up to Oval and Vauxhall.

The committee of Albert Square & St Stephen’s Association wants your views on what we should ask for in our streets. We’re trying to encourage people who live in the following streets to tell us what they think:
– Albert Square

– Aldebert Terrace
– St. Stephen’s Terrace
– Wilkinson Street

Lambeth has given us a number of options to chose from. Please have a look at the online questionnaire we’ve created. There are only 10 questions to respond to. It should take five minutes to fill out the questionnaire.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3HVMBHN

We’ve asked for your name and contact details at the bottom of the questionnaire. You don’t need to tell us who you are unless you want to. We’ll only use this information to let you know what progress we’re making or to ask any questions if you have specific queries.

We look forward to seeing your responses on the online questionnaire

Many thanks

The committee of Albert Square & St. Stephen’s Association

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