Wallington Railway is Bridge Pigeon Proof – at last!

After years (literally) of persistent nagging by me and my ward councillor colleagues, and by Tom Brake our local MP, Network Rail have at long last replaced the pigeon proof netting under Wallington Railway Bridge and removed the disgusting dead bird carcasses.

Network Rail finally carried out the work over the last few days. They have repaired the metal ‘nets’ on the underside of the bridge on the pedestrian walkways, removing opportunities for pigeons to roost. I am checking whether they have sealed up the routes that pigeons use to access their roosts from the trackside as well.

Unfortunately the birds have now moved to the road section of the bridge and this will inevitably lead to more mess in the road. I have asked the council to monitor this and increase cleansing if necessary

Sutton United are winners!

I spent the afternoon as a guest of Sutton United Football Club to help them launch their Green Travel Plan. Carshalton Athletic Football Club were also launching their scheme today.

As part of the Smarter Travel Sutton project SUFC will be provided with new secure cycle storage and they will advise fans on ways to get to home matches without needing to use the car. It was a great afternoon and I would like to thank Barry Aplin and the rest of the Management Committee for their hospitality. As to the match – well, we lost 4-0 to Bath City – we was robbed!

Happy New Year!

I would like to wish you all a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year.

2008 looks like it will be an exciting year in Sutton. We already know that there will be a by election in Cheam due to the disqualification of a Conservative Councillor by the Standards Board for England and the Mayoral and GLA elections will be upon us sooner than many of us may like to think.