CONSERVATIVES in Greenwich have discovered that Plumstead Common Road has been dug up approximately 500 times over the last two years.  That’s the equivalent of a different hole in the road every day and a half

Following complaints by a resident on the road, Conservative leader Cllr Spencer Drury questioned the council about the work.  He received the following reply:

As Gordon Brown’s controversial planning quango, the Infrastructure Planning Commission, opens its doors this month, Colin Bloom, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Erith & Thamesmead, has warned it will fuel public disillusionment with politics. It could mean that even more unwanted developments like the Belvedere Incinerator, Belmarsh Prison and the Crossness Sewage Works could be dumped onto the area as a result.

Abbey Wood is a beautiful, thriving and diverse community, but it has suffered from rising crime rates in the past year. Burglary is up 15% and a third more people have been arrested for carrying offensive weapons.
Local activist Richard Chandler says, “Abbey Wood can remain a vibrant community only if the
police and local residents are given the resources they need to tackle crime.”