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Opponents of Waltham Forest Mini Holland scheme have case thrown out of court

Judge rejects all claims and awards costs of £12,000 to council
by Simon_MacMichael
Fri, Nov 06, 2015 14:08
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Opponents of Waltham Forest’s Mini Holland initiative, which is transforming the streets of the east London borough to make them safer for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as more pleasant for local residents, have today had an attempt to have the initiative blocked thrown out of court.

The group E17 Streets for All, which had claimed that the borough had not followed the consultation process correctly, was also ordered to pay the council costs of £12,000 according to a tweet from the Twitter account @WeSupportWFMH, run by backers of the £30 million scheme.

In a statement sent to road.cc, Councillor Clyde Loakes, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment at Waltham Forest Council, said:“Our Mini-Holland programme is designed to improve the borough for everyone and we are pleased that the High Court has dismissed the arguments put forward.

"The Council appreciates that people have concerns and hope that this provides another opportunity for us to reassure everyone in the borough that we take seriously the need to meet all the appropriate legal requirements.

"We will continue to work with the community to develop the programme, which encourages walking and cycling, as we roll it out across the borough,” he added.

This afternoon, the council tweeted these pictures.

And earlier this week, @WeSupportWFMH tweeted this picture which provides a striking example of how Mini Holland is changing the borough.

Waltham Forest
Mini Holland
Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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alotronic | 9 years ago
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Glad they got slapped (local I am) and take heart that the process appears legal. Can we just get on with it now then?

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kobacom | 9 years ago
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Yipee, I really don't know what they're are whinging about.

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poppa | 9 years ago
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Everything is gonna be alright ...

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brooksby | 9 years ago
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Why do groups so often have names which are really the opposite of what they mean?   At present, roads are entirely dedicated to the motor vehicle, with other modes of transport kind of squashed in at the edges.   A proposal is brought in to change the emphasis, to make having a private car more inconvenient, and so the group opposed to this scheme call themselves "E17 Streets for All".

It's like having "KKK Members for Multiculturalism" 3

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Mark By replied to brooksby | 9 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

Why do groups so often have names which are really the opposite of what they mean?   At present, roads are entirely dedicated to the motor vehicle, with other modes of transport kind of squashed in at the edges.   A proposal is brought in to change the emphasis, to make having a private car more inconvenient, and so the group opposed to this scheme call themselves "E17 Streets for All".

It's like having "KKK Members for Multiculturalism" 3

Or in this case - the ID's don't have it.

(reference to an MP for a nearby constituency)

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redhanded | 9 years ago
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The parody twitter account @E17Streets4Cars has about 10 times more followers than @E17Streets4All  

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don simon fbpe | 9 years ago
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E17 and cars simply don't go well together. #FACT

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Simon_MacMichael replied to don simon fbpe | 9 years ago
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don simon wrote:

E17 and cars simply don't go well together. #FACT

Brilliant, though wonder if anyone under age of 30 will get it? Great avatar BTW 3

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don simon fbpe replied to Simon_MacMichael | 9 years ago
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Simon_MacMichael wrote:
don simon wrote:

E17 and cars simply don't go well together. #FACT

Brilliant, though wonder if anyone under age of 30 will get it? Great avatar BTW 3

I wasn't sure if it'd be too subtle or not, and yes, Alfie is an absolute legend. yes

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OldRidgeback replied to don simon fbpe | 9 years ago
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don simon wrote:

E17 and cars simply don't go well together. #FACT

 

Exactly, one of the blokes who was in E17 even managed to run over himself while he was driving his car

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Al__S replied to OldRidgeback | 9 years ago
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OldRidgeback wrote:
don simon wrote:

E17 and cars simply don't go well together. #FACT

 

Exactly, one of the blokes who was in E17 even managed to run over himself while he was driving his car

um,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk

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