News on S Chiswick Liveable Neighbourhood

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this Liveable Neighbourhoods project so far! I’m pleased to report that almost 1000 people visited the project website in the first two weeks, and there are already more than 300 comments pinned on the map, with many more agreeing to comments made. So far, the main issues that respondents have commented on are safety, cycling and traffic volumes.

In the coming weeks, council officers will be out talking to as many people as possible, to increase awareness of the project and capture further feedback. Three drop-in events will be held at St Paul’s Church Hall (64 Grove Park Road, W4 3SB) on the following dates:

- Tuesday 8th October: 5-7pm

- Saturday 12th October: 10am – 2pm

- Thursday 17th October: 5-7pm

If you have the time to pop along and share your thoughts on the area, then please do. I would also be grateful if you could please spread the word to your friends and neighbours… and encourage them to get involved! You can also share details of the project through email, WhatsApp, Facebook or Twitter – links to all of these are available on the project website.

Finally, a few people have asked why the map pins for the question ‘How do you feel about this place at present?’ are in different colours. The answer is that you can use a red pin to tell us ‘It’s awful’, a green pin to tell us ‘It’s great’, or a pin on the sliding scale of orange and yellow to represent the views in between those extremes.

As you can see from the map, most pins are currently near the red end of the scale… and I’m looking forward to the challenge of improving that as this project progresses!