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Cllr Steve Adams, Belsize ward, Camden Published: 9:00 AM April 28, 2021
The £1.3m spent on Prince of Wales Road s cycle lanes could have taught several thousand children to ride a bike - Credit: PA Images A year ago, as the pandemic hit, Camden pushed through wide-ranging emergency powers. A big impact on people’s lives was removing democratic oversight of traffic changes: including road closures and the removal of parking spaces. Camden also removed the role of councillors to scrutinise these decisions and reduced the right of residents to be consulted. A year on, people wonder why these emergency restrictions on consultation still exist and what can be done to ensure good schemes are permanent and bad schemes reversed. ....
I have no idea what we can do but I feel so strongly about this I thought I’d email. A few people are spoiling the Heath for the many. To be honest, if it takes a ban on picnics and drinking to stop it then I’d be in support of such draconian measures if people cannot exercise the simple courtesy of taking their rubbish with them or depositing it in one of the many rubbish bins provided. If you have received any other letters on this and/or there is something I can do to help stop this antisocial, selfish behaviour then I’d be glad to know. ....