@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners That’s quite a statement. Do you have any evidence to support it? The evidence I’ve seen suggests that people living in better off areas own more cars than those living in poorer areas like Southall.
Read more@tadpies @EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @CASHcampaigners @Bruneluni @aracelicamargo @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens I didn’t know about Beckton, but from a quick search it appears to have been entirely redeveloped many years ago, with toxic soil heaped into artificial mounds known as Beckton Alp(s).
Read more@tadpies @EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @CASHcampaigners @Bruneluni @aracelicamargo @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens Corby steelworks. They transported contaminated soil through the streets of the town. Mums-to-be ate fruit and veg exposed to toxic dust via inhalation or ingestion. Babies born with deformities. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corby_tox…
Read more@tadpies @EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @CASHcampaigners @Bruneluni @aracelicamargo @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens Possibly coincidental, but the then London Mayor, and the former and current leader of Ealing Council all subsequently accepted gifts and hospitality from the developer Berkeley Group. Ealing Labour Council no longer opposed the redevelopment. x.com/DvdMrsdn/statu…
Read more@tadpies @EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @CASHcampaigners @Bruneluni @aracelicamargo @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens The redevelopment was strongly opposed by the local community and both Ealing and Hillingdon councils. Boris Johnson overturned local democracy in one of his first decisions on becoming Mayor of London. t.co/EkjsqndeN…
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners There’s another one opposite. t.co/DPOcT98if…
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners Yes, it’s a relatively small incinerator. When I first asked Ealing Council about it I was told it was too small to be regulated. Several months later they informed me it is regulated by the Environment Agency. It now appears to have been replaced by this diy effort. t.co/b8nGOgCvr…
Read more@tadpies @EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @CASHcampaigners @Bruneluni @aracelicamargo @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens It’s by far the largest site with s hundred years of carcinogenic petrochemical waste buried there. The soil was ‘cleaned’ in the open air (to prevent another Corby, and to speed the process up for sales and marketing with Crossrail). No one cared about impoverished BAME folk.
Read more@tadpies @CASHcampaigners @EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @aracelicamargo @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens I would suggest it’s more about the council not prioritising the health of Southall’s children.
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners ‘Data about the incinerator and its emissions is taken from that provided by the incinerator promoters. In some cases, where available, this is also taken from real historical emissions reports. The predictions on this website are not guaranteed to be 100% correct.
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners Not sure what you mean by “Is motonormativity so entrenched in Southall”?
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners Those figures are for Ealing as a whole, and the PM 2.5 readings are based (presumably) on modelling not actual local data (because as you noticed earlier, there are no local PM 2.5 monitors). Traffic pollution is a problem in Southall on main roads like everywhere else.
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners Here’s the convener of the Southall Faiths Forum speaking to the council meeting discussing the draft Local Plan, on the need for parking, and the dangers of cycling in Southall. youtube.com/clip/Ugkx_1nqL…
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners You might also have noted that the Council is planning to de-wild Southall’s Warren Farm Nature Reserve and build AstroTurf pitches on it.
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners Pointing out the hypocrisy of the Council’s strategy. A vast tree planting isn’t going to happen because they are too busy building tower blocks. More trees could, however be part of a solution along with other measures (including bike hangars, if there were good local jobs).
Read more@tadpies @EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @CASHcampaigners @Bruneluni @aracelicamargo @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens Tell us about it! “The disturbance of contaminated soil is one of the major causes of poor air quality in Southall. Residents deserve better.” x.com/_EalingNews/st…
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners I don’t think more trees are the solution, but it is a fact that Southall has the least tree canopy cover in all of Ealing, as well as the lowest average incomes, the highest proportion BAME, multiple inequalities.
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens @CASHcampaigners I disagree that not wanting bike hangars also means also not wanting to be poisoned by local building sites, incinerators and asphalt plants, or even not wanting cleaner air in general. It’s more complicated.
Read more@tadpies @CASHcampaigners @EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @aracelicamargo @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens Funny you mention Melbury Avenue. The HT of the local primary school there applied just like for a “School Street”. He was told that, despite being in a priority area (high pollution, 90%+ BAME most vulnerable to health effects), he would have to wait until 2026.
Read more@tadpies @EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @CASHcampaigners @Bruneluni @aracelicamargo @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens Southall residents concerned by air quality and swimming against the Ealing Council current. davidmarsden.info/2023/01/16/air…
Read more@tadpies @CASHcampaigners @EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @Bruneluni @aracelicamargo @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens I asked for a car club car to park in my (then unused) allocated parking space. I was told there wasn’t the demand to justify it. New CPZ has removed half of parked cars. More enforcement of parking is needed, which is what residents in West End Road have asked for for years.
Read more@tadpies @aracelicamargo_ @_EalingNews @BerkeleyGroupUK @tgqwestlondon @CASHcampaigners @Bruneluni @TheCentricLab @Neil4W7andW13 @EalingGreens You know that not everyone who lives in Southall and who campaigns for clean air lives on West End Road, right? A bike hangar on West End Road isn’t going to make any difference to air quality or congestion. There are more appropriate places to put a bike hangar, I’m sure.
Read more@SarabjeetKaley @MartinCainActon @tgqwestlondon @_petermason @RupaHuq @UKLabour Developers don’t want to build homes for people who need them. Where’s the profit in that? The Tories and Labour cozy up with developers at national and local level, and we have to live with the results. davidmarsden.info/2022/12/16/the…
Read more@CASHcampaigners Fabulous portraits!
Read moreJust happened to stumble across this comment (not mine) on Nextdoor from five years ago. t.co/QFgLjEjZ6…
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