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Parking Enforcement

Car Parking on Kennington Park Estate 3 – another update! Hyde’s proposals for Parking Enforcement affect all of us, not just car owners. Make sure you vote! We are being asked to choose between three options. We believe that, while there is no ideal way to solve the problem of unauthorised and/or obstructive parking, the best option is Private Ticketing – Parking Wardens who, just like on the streets, can issue tickets and fine drivers without permits, who obstruct the roads or park on double yellows or cross hatched areas. This option is used on other local estates, is self-financing and will not cost residents extra. Most of us don’t have cars and rely on taxis, minicabs and deliveries. We are totally opposed to Barriers into the large Alverstone/Blades/Lockwood and Blythe/Key courtyards as these would block everything from dial-a-ride and patient transport to leaseholders’ plumbers. The idea that we should…

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Save Vauxhall Bus Station

Save Vauxhall Bus Station  The Bus Station was opened in 2005, but less than a decade later, Lambeth Council’s Local Plan is proposing to knock down this important, award-winning, local resource and amenity as part of sorting out the gyratory system. Sign the petition to keep it at: http://www.change.org/petitions/kate-hoey-mp-boris-johnson-mayor-of-lambeth-lib-peck-lambeth-council-leader-save-vauxhall-bus-station  

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New Over 50s’ Community Group

Kennington Park Estate’s Over 50s Community Group Mondays, 2-5pm at Kennington Park Community Centre Starts Monday 3rd February A weekly social gathering with food, drink, health advice, exercise and much much more. For more information contact Sonia Reid on 07960 055637 and soniareid@btinternet.com or Felix Dyer, Regeneration Coordinator at Hyde Plus on 02073466586 and felix.dyer@hyde-housing.co.uk

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Parking proposals

Car Parking on Kennington Park Estate 2 – An Update         Hyde has now circulated proposals for enforcing parking arrangements on the estate and is holding a series of meetings to discuss these with residents.   The meetings are in the Community Centre on Thursday 16 January between 10am and 11.30am and Monday 20 January between 6pm and 7.30pm for residents of Alverstone, Blades, Lockwood, Blythe, Key, Abel and Hornby Houses; and on Thursday 16 January between 12 and 1.30pm and Thursday 23 January between 6pm and 7.30pm for residents of Lohmann, Sherwin, Read, Grace and Brockwell Houses. Remember – where cars park on the estate affects all of us, not just car owners. So come along to the meetings and have your say!

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Save our Post Office!

  Save Our Post Office! Kennington Park Post Office is threatened with closure. Or, as the Post Office put it, it is to be “merged” with the Walworth Road one. They are asking for our views! “We would like you to tell us what you think about the alternative arrangements for customers to access our services. We’d particularly like your views on the following areas: • How suitable do you think Walworth Road Post Office is and how easy it is to get there? • Is Walworth Road Post Office easy for you to get into and is it easily accessible inside? • Do you have any other concerns about the proposal? • If so, do you have any suggestions that could make it better for you or that you would like us to incorporate into the refurbishment plans for Walworth Road Post Office? • Are there any local issues…

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Parking Chaos!

Car Parking on Kennington Park Estate   Car parking on Kennington Park Estate has not been regulated for some time and this is causing a lot of problems.     Hyde circulated a consultation paper to residents in July, which was then withdrawn. We have been promised new proposals and a draft was circulated at the last TA meeting. However, a final version has yet to be sent out to all residents and it looks as though this won’t happen until 2014. Meanwhile, residents – both car owners and non-car owners – continue to have to wend their way round a growing car park. *thanks to Alex for the photo

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Repairs? What do you think?

Hyde’s Repairs and Maintenance Service     Angry tenants at November’s TA meeting made their feelings clear about the poor repairs service and passed no confidence motions in Hyde Southbank Homes’ management of the repairs service and the Hyde Group’s customer service centre, as well as registering grave concern at the lack of a planned maintenance programme across the estate. Our representatives on the Southbank Residents Forum have recently received an update from Hyde which blames the problems with the repairs service on IT systems, tenants reporting too many repairs (like too much sewage coming up through our kitchen sinks?), and the former contractor’s workers. Sounds to us as though Hyde is using the same spin doctors as the Coalition Government! But decide for yourself. Here’s the letter from Hyde Southbank’s Resident Services Manager: “As you will of course be aware, 28th October signalled ‘Go Live’ for the new repairs…

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