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Is there any news at all about the plans to complete the Leaway (Fatwalk) south of Cody Dock towards Canning Town?

dg writes: No.

I thought that had funding.

Dan | 07.12.21 - 8:04 a.m. | #

I know you're a London based blog and I'm in a couple of miles beyond the back of beyond, but is Levelling Down really a phrase now in common usage back down South?

Speaking as a plastic Northerner (man made, not born here) London not getting a few new shinys is not a downgrade. Now, if the assets of Crossrail were stripped and used to build the northern rail link that WOULD be a Levelling Down (and Up!)

Putters | 07.12.21 - 8:30 a.m. | #

Levelling down/up could refer to where public money does/doesn't go. But it could alternatively refer to planning permissions. If it is usual in the North to permit substantial housing developments to proceed without requiring decent access to be funded by the developer, then allowing the same thing to happen in London could be described as levelling down.

Malcolm of Kent | 07.12.21 - 9:57 a.m. | #

Just getting one decent off road route for the Leaway to continue onwards along the "useless" section and connect onwards to the other side of the A13 would be a massive help

Mikey C | 07.12.21 - 11:27 a.m. | #

Looking at the map, the main reason for locating Lochnagar Bridge at this site is that other barrier to East-West travel - the Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach road, but once on the east bank you then have a long walk to circumnavigate the Sainsbury's distribution centre, for many people walking via Twelvetrees Crescent looks more attractive than a back road and a lonely footpath alongside the River Lea.

Enabling an active travel corridor between Langdon Park and Star Lane DLR stations - I'm not entirely sure who would want to use this as an 'active travel corridor' - you can already use Cody Road and Twelvetrees Crescent.

The blurb says 'Connect Newham communities on traffic-free routes to major employment hubs across the river, including Canary Wharf and Poplar' - or use the DLR.

Still Anon | 07.12.21 - 11:34 a.m. | #

"Looking at the map" won't give you a true idea of how bad local connections are.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 07.12.21 - 12:03 p.m. | #

Looking at the 2017 views of Lochnagar Street and Ailsa Street on Google Streetview, I feel that gentrification can't come to that area too soon. I'm not sure I've ever seen public streets in such a shocking state.

James | 07.12.21 - 1:39 p.m. | #

Poplar bus garage cannot have much time left before it gets redeveloped in to more cubes in the sky.

dg writes: Quite.

scrumpy | 07.12.21 - 2:51 p.m. | #

For a moment there, I thought this was a trip to Scotland as I wasn't familiar with that road name.

I cycled along the Leaway the other week and noticed the clearing of land for new flats on the opposite side happening. I've long enjoyed the quietness of this backwater. It feels like in the not very distant future, there'll be no quiet spaces left in London, they'll all be built over.

I just don't know how people afford flats nowadays. 25 years ago me and my now ex struggled to afford a little house in Walthamstow at a price that wouldn't buy anyone a studio flat in most places in London nowadays.

Colin | Homepage | 12.12.21 - 9:48 a.m. | #

The lack of decent crossings is also a real bar to cycle commuting from one side of the Lea to the other - the current options are the A13 and the Lower Lea crossing which are deeply unpleasant on a bike

lockedintheattic | 13.12.21 - 11:09 a.m. | #











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