4 November (Part 4) - County Gate
Councillor Lisa Moore’s submission of
the County Gate petition amounted to a
few seconds as her papers were collected by the Mayor’s man but she did manage
to squeeze in a few comments twenty minutes later during question time.
She asked if Cabinet Member Craske was aware
of the County Gate residents’ petition and the Royal Borough’s intransigence. Councillor Craske
certainly was and said “it was a saga reaching back to 2007” when Greenwich
Council actually stopped Bexley’s fully funded work on the day it was due to
start and it has been stalemate ever since.
Cabinet Member Craske said that a London Mayor had used his powers to stop such
work only once and it was to back Greenwich against Bexley in respect of the
County Gate dispute. However he was “delighted that the petition had cross party
support and he would email the Mayor in the morning”.
Councillor Borella (Labour Slade Green & North End) pointed out that when there
was last a deputation (2011) on the issue Boris Johnson was the Mayor of London and he
did absolutely nothing to help. Councillor Craske repeated that the only reason
the scheme does not go ahead is because of the Greenwich Council block despite it
having the backing of TfL. It was not an answer to Stefano’s question.
He had approached Heidi Alexander the Deputy Mayor
and Transport Chair but she too had done nothing.