From 2006 to 2010, I was a councillor for Lee Green ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. During that time, I blogged regularly and in 2009 I won the Tim Garden Award for the Best Blog by a Liberal Democrat Holding Public Office. My blog posts from my term of office are archived here in case they prove of use to former constituents, or to those who share my annoyance with faulty street furniture
Not in our ward, but no doubt of interest to people who live near Lee High Road and use Blackheath Station to get into town. My colleague Cllr Chris Maines, who represents Blackheath Ward, tells me that from the 13th December, Southeastern are planning to make major cuts to services from Blackheath Station. In particular, peak time services between 8.00am and 9.01am will see a 50% cut in Cannon Street services, with three Cannon Street trains and one Charing Cross train being withdrawn.
Chris and the Blackheath Village Residents Group have been campaigning against these changes. You can sign the petition against the cuts here, join the Facebook group here. The campaigners are also planning to organise a mass lobby at Southeastern ‘meet the managers’ events. There’s one at Cannon Street on Thursday 12th November – details here- and also one at Blackeath itself on Tuesday 10th November – details here.
Chris has now been quoted in the (freebie) Standard on this:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23770995-commuters-fury-as-key-morning-trains-are-cut.do