2020-10-18 11:47:09 +0100
To: Andy Mitchell, CEO Tideway
Stop Tideway Vehicles Polluting Bermondsey Kids
Since the Super Sewer nightmare began at Chambers Wharf, Tideway have continued to break agreements with the Council and Residents over parking in sides streets near the site. Often, parking is with engines idling, outside the legal parking bays, at times when residents are still asleep, or kids are making there way to Riverside Primary / St Michaels Secondary. Tideway must agree to operate within agreed traffic plans, or halt work until other mitigations are in place.
Why is this important?
The Planning enquiry into the Super Sewer fully noted the risk of operating in such a built up, residential part of South London, with two schools very close to the site. Some of the properties have been partially protected from sound pollution from the site, but for some others, it was not feasible to upgrade sound protection. A large number of Bermondsey children use Chambers Street and Bevington Street to get to their schools. Engines cause fumes that affect children with Asthma. Covid has affected kids enough, those living nearby need respite from the disruption of light, noise and fumes from the site.
