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.
I'm not so sure. Something seems to turn perfectly reasonable humans into raving lunatics when they get behind the steering wheel.
The FAQ says if you have a faulty crank with 3rd party power meter they will pay a rebate. No mention of how much that will be but I guess good...
Being a fellow cyclist, being hardcore before it was cool. A cycling commuter back to the 70s.
A voice of sanity....
Driver of BMW smashes into Daventry building before running off https://www.northantslive.news/news/northamptonshire-news/driver-bmw-sma...
Good! They're turning on their spiritual siblings now! Perhaps they'll drive themselves extinct
Chapeau (or is it Fedora, or RHEL?)! Best of the day - I bet you'd have received more but for 504 Gateway Timeout...
It is a sad day for this country when you can't peer into another man's castle. I blame the EU.
Buffer zone!? That isn't wide enough to do anything, except perhaps buffer the passengers when they are hit by passing cyclists.
Hey! He understands. Just because he's the richest PM ever doesn't mean he doesn't understand what it's like to be poor.