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New depot plans not enough to satisfy residents
David Splett wrote:
"Robin May" wrote in message . 4... Seems like typical NIMBYism to me. Why do some people think that the acronym "NIMBY" is a means of gaining them support and justification for imposing some quality-of-life-reducing development on someone else? These sorts of things should be built Well Away from where people live, even if it adds significantly to the cost. If people choose to live in a road between a railway and a canal, they can't expect rural peace. I bet the houses were built there *after* the railway arrived. According to Streetmap, there is already a "Works" at one end of Harvey Road and the A412 Watford Road at the other end. Metronet quite reasonably want this depot next to their railway, and are using disused railway land, not virgin Green Belt land. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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New depot plans not enough to satisfy residents
"Jack Taylor" Jack @Carney.co.uk wrote in message
... What assurances will Metronet receive that, if they do incur additional expenditure by locating further away from Croxley Green, the local council will not then plan a new housing estate for sometime in the next twenty years that will *still* result in the depot being surrounded by residential properties? The Green Belt should be that assurance. Anyway, it sounds to me that the residents are not asking for the thing to be built elsewhere, just that there should be an access road to a main road and not Harvey Road. This sounds pretty reasonable to me. Most depots are accessed from main roads, OTTOMH all except Neasden, which has one access in residential Quainton Street the other entrance on main Neasden Lane. -- John Rowland - Spamtrapped Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes |
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New depot plans not enough to satisfy residents
Richard J. ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying : If people choose to live in a road between a railway and a canal, they can't expect rural peace. I bet the houses were built there *after* the railway arrived. Very probably - it *is* Metroland. Either way, the railway and canal would certainly have been there when those residents moved in. |
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New depot plans not enough to satisfy residents
David Splett ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying : These sorts of things should be built Well Away from where people live, even if it adds significantly to the cost. So where exactly should London Underground build depots, "well away" from where people live, yet within - oooh - about 30 miles of a bit of LU track? Bearing in mind "not on green belt"? |
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New depot plans not enough to satisfy residents
Adrian wrote:
So where exactly should London Underground build depots, "well away" from where people live, yet within - oooh - about 30 miles of a bit of LU track? Bearing in mind "not on green belt"? Park Royal? Colin McKenzie -- The great advantage of not trusting statistics is that it leaves you free to believe the damned lies instead! |
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New depot plans not enough to satisfy residents
Adrian wrote:
Richard J. ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : If people choose to live in a road between a railway and a canal, they can't expect rural peace. I bet the houses were built there *after* the railway arrived. Very probably - it *is* Metroland. Either way, the railway and canal would certainly have been there when those residents moved in. I had a look at the site today. The houses date from the 1930s. The "Works" at the end of Harvey Road turns out to be IMC, the catering/bar equipment specialists, who have been there for at least 35 years. See http://www.imco.co.uk/images/small-map.jpg for a map showing how Harvey Road is their main access route. Funny how the residents don't seem to notice their lorries. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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New depot plans not enough to satisfy residents
In message , JWBA68
writes She said: "There will still be lorries going down Harvey Road and workers will still come down there. *Workers* coming down their road? Goodness! -- Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK Registered "Blue Badge" Tourist Guide for London & the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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New depot plans not enough to satisfy residents
In message , David Splett
writes "Robin May" wrote in message .4... Seems like typical NIMBYism to me. Why do some people think that the acronym "NIMBY" is a means of gaining them support and justification for imposing some quality-of-life-reducing development on someone else? These sorts of things should be built Well Away from where people live, even if it adds significantly to the cost. Great. They can build the Croxley Rail Link in the middle of the Fens. Or in the Central Scottish Highlands. Or in Iceland. Or Antarctica. "Things" from road and railway lines to mobile telephone masts have to be built near or relatively near to centres of population as, er, that's what they serve. I'd still call it NIMBYism. -- Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK Registered "Blue Badge" Tourist Guide for London & the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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