Rajeshri seeking local views!

Rajeshri After today's visit to 10 Downing Street

Many Seven Kings residents will be visited in the next few days, as Rajeshri seeks to collate the most poignant issues in your ward. Already visits have been made to the following roads;

St Albans Road
Lansdown Road
Epsom Road
Manning Road
Galsworthy Avenue
Priestley Gardens

If you would like to arrange a meeting with Raj please call her on 07780 687 534

Issues that have been raised so far include:

• Litter on and around the High Road
• Speeding cars
• Condoms being found on the road
• Drug dealing behind St Albans Road Mosque
• Loud music at night
• A mugging near St Albans Road 3 weeks ago
• Parking around King George Hospital (since PCT started charging staff)
• Graffiti on Green Box at corner of Galsworthy Avenue
• Take aways dominating Seven Kings Highway making the are litter strewn and unaesthetic, whilst reducing the range of other amenities required to enable a community to thrive.
• One resident asked about works being undertaken at Westwood Recreation Ground in Seven Kings.

To tackle these issues we have informed local police and statutory agencies of your concern and we shall be updating you on our successes.

The Police have been informed of the Crime issues, Streetscene have been informed of litter issues and graffiti, the highways team have been informed of speeding along St Albans Road.

In our recent meeting with the Redbridge Primary Care Trust at Somerville Hall, we convinced Conor Burke of the frustration local people have suffered as a consequence of the decision to charge staff, for parking at King George Hospital. Although not within his remit he has agreed to work with the BHR Trust and to facilitate a Public meeting for residents to direct their concerns to them. We will keep you informed.

With respect to the query about Westwood Recreation ground in Seven Kings we can conform that Redbridge Council secured £1.7m in lottery money via the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). This money is being used to build new play areas in 29 parks throughout Redbridge. Read more by clicking (here)