Liveable Crouch End, a timetable, an update, Jan 2020
The controversial Liveable Crouch End TfL-backed scheme is alive and kicking – and at an interesting stage in its gestation. In essence, if you have a good idea how to improve Crouch End for walkers and cyclists, now’s a good
Continue ReadingLiveable Crouch End summer season – update May 2019
Liveable Crouch End – the scheme to improve local travel and the liveability of the neighbourhood – is gradually moving through the preparatory stages, and after a reasonably comprehensive effort to gauge local opinion Haringey have now published their initial consultation findings:
Continue ReadingRing Road shock for Crouch End*
Astonished Crouch Enders are reeling, faced with a radical, far-reaching – but hugely disruptive – ring road plan aiming to sever central Crouch End from through traffic. Bulldozing its way through surrounding streets, the proposal aims to deliver a town
Continue ReadingLiveable Crouch End – Stakeholder Forum / Timetable / Guidelines
A brief report on the recent Liveable Crouch End Stakeholder meeting but with a wealth of attachments. Minutes of the Stakeholder meeting This note is prompted by the Liveable Crouch End team’s distribution of the minutes of the first
Continue ReadingLiveable Crouch End initiative – drop-in sessions, e-survey, January 2019
The roll-out of public engagement continues for the major roads and travel project for Crouch End. Three drop-in sessions are announced for the general public – Wednesday 9th Januaryfrom 4-8pm at Hornsey Town HallTuesday 15th Januaryfrom 10am-4pm at Hornsey LibrarySaturday
Continue ReadingCrouch End town centre design priorities survey, report
Over the summer the Forum ran a snapshot survey looking at priorities and issues affecting the public realm. This was in direct response to the feedback (and the prodding) we’d experienced as a consequence of the announcement of the Liveable
Continue ReadingA new Crouch End? – Liveable Neighbourhoods and new town squares. Part 2, proposals and new thinking
With new cycle routes, better road crossings, redirected main roads, and even a proposed new public square in the centre of town, TfL’s ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods Initiative’ is a big deal for Crouch End. To read Part 1, an introduction to
Continue ReadingA new Crouch End? – Liveable Neighbourhoods and new town squares. Part 1, get on your bike
This is not the first occasion a radical, exciting, contentious proposal for large scale changes to the layout of Crouch End has been proposed, but certainly the first for some time. The ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods’ project is the slightly tortured title
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