Hogarth Roundabout, Housing and EV Chargepoints
Chiswick Gunnersbury councillor Ranjit Gill reports back
Cllr Jack Emsley, Cllr Rashid Bhatti, Cllr Ranjit Gill, Cllr Marina Sharma at the Community Stars event
July 20, 2024
Writing this blog, I was thinking how the weeks just seem to come and go. We now approaching end of July and seven months of 2024 have flown past in a flash. Yet to see a proper summer…
Monday 15th we had the Community Stars event at Hounslow House. It was well attended, and various individuals and groups were honoured for their hard work. The ceremony was chaired Cllr Dan Bowring and awards were handed out by the leader of the Council Cllr Shantanu Rajawat, the Mayor and various cabinet members.
Hogarth Roundabout:
As previously mentioned last week by my fellow colleague Cllr Gabriella Giles this consultation went live on 11 July. There will be drop-in sessions at Hogarth House held on the 10th and 20th August. You can reply to the consultation here.
Various councillors from both the Conservative and Labour party attended the initial briefing from the Council and TFL. Main concern related to making the roundabout safe. Safety is paramount for all users including the motorcycles and cyclists. Collisions between HGV’s and cars have been a concern for some time although no numbers were disclosed. The current three lanes are narrow, resulting in sideswipes causing damage to cars but more harmful to motorcycles. The three lanes would be widened, and a fourth lane added for 200 metres for traffic heading towards the A316. With addition of the fourth lane a new slip lane to the A316 it would, in theory, reduce congestion for traffic heading on the A316 to Richmond and Twickenham.
In addition, the direct access to Church Lane will be closed and a permanent physical barrier would be in place and residents of Church Lane and the Mall will have access via Burlington Lane. This would result with possibility of losing a parking space and various adjustments would be necessary for access and delivery to the pub and for vans and cars to have a proper access to Church Lane. Councillor John Todd, Jack Emsley, Ron Mushiso, Gabriella Giles and I raised questioned on the viability of the scheme and the safety aspect. Councillor Biddolph is currently away, and she will be at the next briefing and will be brought up to speed by the briefing team.
The team from the Council and TFL have been in consultation with Chiswick Protection Society. The residents need to engage in the consultation and make their views known. The team had various maps, and these should be available to all residents to view the proposal. All those who worship at the historic Church in Church Lane should also make their views known to the team.
The briefing team confirmed that this is a consultation and that it is not a done deal.
Housing
I had a rehousing case, and I was stunned that the Housing department dragged their feet to the very last day and the afternoon before finding a room in a house to provide temporary housing to a Chiswick resident. A formal compliant has been logged on behalf of the resident so I can’t share the full details.
What is annoying is the Council has so many vacant houses, including new builds that are available to house residents, yet the Council spend ratepayers’ money to house residents in temporary expensive accommodation. It makes no sense.
EV Charging points not working
Many residents are having problems with the new charging points on the street. Although these have been installed but unfortunately, they don’t work. Is the Council working to resolve the issue. Just as an example new EV points on Wavendon Avenue Chiswick do not work much to the annoyance of the local residents in the area.
Personal health and care
Personally, I have had my fair share of family and friends visiting me this year and I more friends arriving this week and more in November. Looks like all my family and friends have decided to visit me this year.
On sad note one of my friend’s husband passed away recently. It was so quick from diagnosis to end of life. It is important that we all have regular check-ups. No matter how small the problem please have, it looked at as soon as possible. Make sure you have a will and all-important information noted down for the next of kin.
Looking at the week ahead
Borough Council Meeting on 23rd July
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 2024/25
The Next Borough Council Meeting is on Tuesday 23 July at 7.30pm Council Chamber. 6 th Floor, Hounslow House 7 Bath Road TW3 3EB
Chiswick Area Forum is expected to be on Tuesday 24 September at 7.30pm
The Hogarth Hall, Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace, Turnham Green W4 4JN
The Next Scrutiny Panel is expected to be on Thursday 19 September at 7.00pm Room 610. 6 th Floor, Hounslow House 7 Bath Road TW3 3EB
CONSERVATIVE COUNCILLOR SURGERIES
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 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 Gabriella Giles gabriella.giles@hounslow.gov.uk 07966 270823
Cllr Peter Thompson peter.thompson@hounslow.gov.uk 07977 395810
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