AHDA attended Phase 2 Fairlop Waters Extension Consultation 24/5/21 The council has not made it clear what the timescale for this development is. The attendees seemed to be under the impression that it was all going to happen soon and didn’t realise there was still gravel extraction going on for at least another 10 years. …
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UPDATE** Jenny’s letter in the ILFORD RECORDER On Saturday, 22nd May, 23 local residents turned up to the annual , “Clean Up the Hatch’ morning organised by the Aldborough Hatch Defence Association (AHDA). They concentrated on our green areas including, footpaths, shrubberies, ditches and nature reserves and despite the rain and wind, managed to collect …
AHDA attended the virtual meeting and noted the following points. Brett Ltd have instructed the hydrologist (water expert), to investigate the flooding issue – however they are tied up with HS2 scheme The tender process for the Bentonite wall is still in progress. The haul road will be started in July/August and soil stripping in …
Its taken a while but here they are!! What a wonderful sight. See more here Photo by Jenny Chalmers
A couple of interesting articles on the state and number of trees in London Boroughs and the effect on wildlife. The Evening Standard reports on the Earth Day Study showing how much of the capital is covered in trees. Redbrdge comes 25th out of 32 with only 16.93% coverage. Barnet is top with 27.1% coverage. …
Just so there is no forgetting the date and time here is our latest poster of Clean Up Day .. soon to be seen around Aldborough Hatch
Please take care as some of the footpaths are very churned up, a mix of the wet weather and more visitors. The Rangers are seeing what they can do about it.
Over 100 silver canisters were strewn down Billet Road and across the pavement, a danger to roadusers, pedestrians and wildlife. We are delighted to say that Redbridge cleared this up within a day of it being reported. Thank you!
On 27/3/21 we were advised that building waste and felled trees has been dumped on the Aldborough Hall Nature Reserve. This has been reported and we understand it is being investigated. We would hope that those responsible restore the site to its previous state.
On 17/3/21 we were alerted to the ever increasing number of lorries using Hainault Road by local residents. Hainault Road and Billet Road have weight restrictions, however over the last 10 months the number of lorries exceed the weight restriction has increased substantially made worse by much of this being in the early hours 3am …