Ah, but which set of 16" wheels do you buy?
So after I queried the council why they were going to take three more months to appoint a contractor to carry out installation of potential bike hangars around Lewisham and if they could point me in the direction of an official policy document, they informed me that there is no official policy document and all they can do is assure me that that is the time frame.
Frustration.
These look great, but until Lewisham Council come up with a policy and appoint a contractor for installation it doesn’t matter what kind of public bike storage options are out there, there wont be any installed in the borough.
Voice your opinions to highways@lewisham.gov.uk
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Hi also campaigning for a cycle locker near Honor oak park parade as no room in my flat. Anyone else need one here? If so please request via this link
http://www.cyclehoop.rentals/suggest-location/
Also emailing the council . …
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Hello
I also live in Lewisham and desperately want bike parking! I’ve been in touch with Imogen Payami at Lewisham Highways. She told me on 3 March that they were on track to appoint a contractor to install the bikehangers by the end of March… so progress is being made?
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Hi @leanne_meredith I was told by Imogen around that time a contractor would be appointed by the end of April - but then she also told me “by the end of Feb” back in November. I don’t have a high level of trust in her word…
“The end of March”, which year I wonder?
I’m moving to Honor Oak Park next month, first thing i did was email Lewisham council to ask about bikehangers.
They said 1 month ago that they would appoint a contractor to provide hangers by the end of March.
I’m chasing them on it now to see if it’s happening.
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Yes Highways said to me working on a joint tender with Southwark Council to appoint a contractor in mid march. Again by march. Just asked for an update too.
Hi @comoed
Can I suggest you contact Cllr Mark Ingleby. He is our “bike champion” for the whole borough. He will be in the know and would be the best person to drive a policy detail.
His details:
Bus. phone: 0208 698 8562
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Star! I’ll call and email after the Easter weekend
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Highways say the decision to appoint a contractor has been delayed till June
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Well, we’re in June now. Let’s all try again and see if we can get this moving!!
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I’ve just emailed highways again, this time cc-ing Cllr Mark Ingleby to see if getting it on his radar will help.
BTW, last I checked on https://www.cyclehoop.rentals/ I don’t remember seeing these hangars in Crofton Park. Are they new?
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I have just got a response from the email that I sent at the beginning of June (with the chain going all the way back to Sept last year), copying in Mark Ingleby and John Paschaud. It basically said that there is a joint consultation taking place with Southwark and they expect (again!!) to have some kind of policy by October this year.
Anyway - feeling deflated from the above, I sighed and carried on. However, today I got an email saying that because I have requested a bike hangar in the past, I could could now use a new facility on the Lewisham website to do just that. So in order to keep everything equal - as I don’t believe I deserve special treatment, I thought I’d post the link here:
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/transport/cycling/pages/bike-storage-for-hire.aspx
Request away people! The more people on bikes, the better life is for everyone.
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Thanks for this! Request done!
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I had an e mail also regarding requesting a hanger as they are moving closer to installing them. Application returned