Barnes Bridge Walkway Update and a Tribute to Richard Jennings
Chiswick Homefields Councillor John Todd reports back on his week
Barnes Bridge Walkway nearly ready for opening
December 30, 2022
Homefield Road
We recently had a very constructive residents meeting with the local police neighbourhood team following concerns about recent crime issues. One issue raised was the poor street lighting especially at the High Road end of the road.
I asked LBH to conduct a review and here is their response
‘We are writing to you regarding your enquiry submitted to Councillor Todd about the lighting on Homefield Road.
Our Street Lighting Team has investigated your enquiry, and can advise that there is a known fault with a particular type of LED lantern in use across the borough. The majority of street lighting lanterns in use on Homefield Road are of this particular type.
Subsequently, we can confirm that there is a programme of works to have these particular LED Lanterns on the project network replaced, which will commence in the new year. This is a long term programme which is expected to take a number of years to complete, involving the replacement of approximately 7000 faulty lanterns across the borough, along with other lanterns that have major LED failures in them.’
I’m shortly meeting with the relevant Director to get this work prioritised.
Happy New Year!
Rosie and Friend Wally volunteering for ‘Pets as therapy’ at the Evelina Children’s hospital Lambeth
Our Dog Rosie and her friend Wally are now back visiting children at this hospital. They visit all the Wards including intensive care.
Their presence is welcomed by the children, parents and staff alike and they enjoy going too.
Richard Jennings - A valued Community Member
Councillors are advised that they cannot intervene in Penalty Charge Notices (PCN) matters as they are ‘quasi- judicial matters’
Richard though can provide valuable guidance and advice on such matters without charge. His email address is ‘parking@rjen.uk’
It's been a bumper year for Richard’s hobby of helping people fight unfair Penalty Charge Notices. It all started in 2007 when he received a PCN for parking outside his house. Hounslow claimed that he had violated the suspension that his neighbours had organised in connection with their move away from Chiswick, but he was actually helping the neighbours on that day. Hounslow rejected two appeals, so Richard did more research and submitted a 4-page appeal to the adjudicators. Hounslow took one look at it and decided not to contest it. Case won - PCN cancelled!
Richard started to use that experience to help others, and so far this year he has helped in a record 58 cases. He says he doesn't work miracles, but there are often obscure processes that can unlock difficult cases. For example, if a PCN should have been posted to a driver but never arrived, the penalties can rapidly increase, but Richard can advise how to get a court in Northampton (Traffic Enforcement Centre) to wind back the excessive penalties and enable the PCN to be appealed. Users have advised me how thorough and helpful they found Richard.
Sincere thanks Richard for this valued public service.
No water for 60 days plus
An elderly resident in my Ward waited for a number of days before contacting me in desperation. She had no water supply because of a leaking pipe near the stopcock. A plumber couldn’t help because it was on the Thames Water side. She’d phoned TW but the phone cut out after a prescribed time
With the valued assistance of our Hounslow’s Council Community Solutions team TW eventually arrived and resolved the problem after two cancelled appointments.
Dukes Meadows Bridge
The bridge is finally finished. The opening is in early January.
Cllr John Todd
07866 784651
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Thursday 12 January at 7:00 pm: Planning committee
Tuesday, 17th January at 7:00pm: Cabinet
Tuesday, 31 January at 7:30pm: Borough council
CONSERVATIVE COUNCILLOR SURGERIES
We are back to our usual routine of holding face-to-face surgeries in Chiswick and in Gunnersbury.
Chiswick: Every Saturday from 9.30am to 10.30am at Chiswick Library (the eight Conservative councillors take this surgery in turn).
Gunnersbury: First Saturday of the month from 10am to 11am at The Gunnersbury Triangle Club, Triangle Way, off The Ridgeway, W3 8LU (at least one of the Chiswick Gunnersbury ward councillors takes this surgery).
CONSERVATIVE COUNCILLORS and CONTACTS
Chiswick Gunnersbury (was Turnham Green) ward
Cllr Joanna Biddolph joanna.biddolph@hounslow.gov.uk 07976 703446
Cllr Ranjit Gill ranjit.gill@hounslow.gov.uk 07976 702956
Cllr Ron Mushiso ron.mushiso@hounslow.gov.uk 07976 702887
Chiswick Homefields ward
Cllr Jack Emsley jack.emsley@hounslow.gov.uk 07977 396017
Cllr Gerald McGregor gerald.mcgregor@hounslow.gov.uk 07866 784821
Cllr John Todd john.todd@hounslow.gov.uk 07866 784651
Chiswick Riverside ward
Cllr Peter Thompson peter.thompson@hounslow.gov.uk 07977 395810
Cllr Gabriella Giles gabriella.giles@hounslow.gov.uk 07966 270823
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