Gas works affect A3
The following circulation received today from Transport for London. Delays likely along the A.3. northbound
Please be advised that SGN have Gas Mains replacement to carry out on Upper Richmond Road, from the Junction of Putney Hill to Dryburgh Road .Upper Richmond Road will be One way(East Bound only) as there will be a West Bound Road Closure in place at the junction of Putney Hill.
There will be a pre-diversion in place that will divert traffic via West Hill, Kingston Road & Roehampton Lane to rejoin Upper Richmond Road at this junction.
The works are due to start on 05/07/10 and will run for approx 16 weeks at this location.
This will obviously cause delays on all the roads directly affected, but also the roads on the approach to
Upper Richmond Road
West Hill
Wandsworth High Street
East Hill
Huguenot Place
North Side Wandsworth Common
Upper Richmond Road West
A240 traffic lights
This was sent out this morning. There may still be a problem but I hope not.
I have just received a report from the Contact Centre at the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames that the traffic lights at Kingston Road, Tolworth(A240) at the junction with Jubilee Way are out of order.
The defect has been confirmed by Transport for London (Signals). An engineer is on way to repair.
Delays possible.
Accident A3 southbound
From RBK Highways
Information received from Transport for London
Selected Event Details
| Id | Type | Category | Severity | Origin | CCTV No. | Site No. |
| 179377 | UPDATE | ACCIDENT | SERIOUS | LSTCC | 23/544684 |
On MALDEN WAY / A3 (KT3) between MALDEN ROAD / A3 (KT3) and KINGSTON BY PASS (KT2,SW15,KT9,KT6,KT5,KT3,SW20)
Southbound direction.
Starting 08-JUN-2010 : 08:57.
The A3 is reduced to one lane.
PUBLIC UPDATE: 08-JUN-2010 09:19 Lanes 2 & 3 now open southbound, with emergency services still dealing in lane 1. Traffic still very congested from Shannon Corner.
Summer activities for children
From RBK website:
Summer activities for young people unveiled
Kingston Council has unveiled the full range of courses and activities that will be available to young people and families during the summer holidays.
The Summer Activities 2010 brochure provides information about how to get involved with a huge range of holiday courses and sessions being provided this summer for young people under the age of 19.
With a massive range of options throughout the summer months, from sport to film-making and cookery classes, there is something on offer in the Royal Borough to suit every family. Many of the activities on offer are low cost and some are even FREE!
The brochure also contains useful information about finding holiday childcare. You can also contact the Families Information Service on 020 8547 6582 for a full list of holiday play schemes and childminders who provide holiday care and for a list of physical activities for disabled children and young people that take place during and outside the school holidays.
Councils to publish expenditure
Forwarded by Cllr. Ken Smith
5 June 2010 01:02am
Town halls have been told to publish details of every item of expenditure over £500 to remove the “veil of secrecy” over the finances of local authorities.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles wrote to all councils demanding that such spending should be made available to the public on the internet by September.
Local authorities are also urged to publish senior staff salaries, councillors’ expenses and service data such as council tax collection rates.
Mr Pickles said greater transparency would help ensure that money was better spent by allowing taxpayers to scrutinise how it was being used.
“There is a need to banish the veil of secrecy and revolutionise local government,” he said. “Local people should be able to hold politicians and public bodies to account over how their hard-earned cash is being spent and decisions made on their behalf.
“They can only do that effectively if they have the information they need at their fingertips.”
He said that the public should be able to see what they were getting for their taxes.
“The swift and simple changes we are calling will unleash an army of armchair auditors and quite rightly make those charged with doling out the pennies stop and think twice about whether they are getting value for money,” he said.
The move is part of a wider Government drive to improve transparency about how taxes are spent.
On Friday, the Treasury released the Combined On-line Information System – known as Coins – which gives a detailed breakdown of public spending decisions over the past five years. It is one of a raft of Whitehall databases David Cameron has ordered to be made public as part of the new coalition Government’s commitment to greater openness.
New CornerHOUSE page.
We have always wanted to support our very own local live theatre and meeting place. We held the early meetings of EBRRA there and, in February, Surbiton Hill Conservatives held a very well attended bingo night at the venue.
We would like to publicise the events that take place there, organised by the Corner House itself, as widely as possible. Therefore we have created a page on this site where their newsletters can be accessed in .pdf format.
Surbiton Forum 