 Road closures for parade
Havering's Armed Forces Day Parade takes place in Romford, on Saturday 27 June, and the following road closures will be in place, between 9am and 12 noon, for this parade:
- South Street between Brewery Walk and the High Street taxi rank
- Brewery Walk, at its junction with Exchange Street
- Arcade Place, at its junction with Exchange Street.
In addition all parking bays in South Street between Brewery Walk and the High Street taxi rank.
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Roadworks
Until Tuesday 28
July, road works will take place on Junction Road, Romford.
Temporary traffic lights will be in operation.
Until October 2015,
junction improvement work will take place to install a roundabout to replace
the traffic lights at the junction of Straight
Road, Harold Hill with Broxhill Road, Lower Bedfords Road and Noak Hill
Road. Drivers are advised to find alternative routes if possible.
Until
2017, work by
Transport for London (TfL) to replace the bridge which takes the A127 over the
railway at Ardleigh Green, is taking place. During this work there will be a
30mph speed limit in place, and some off-peak lane closures (10am until 3pm and
10pm until 5am).
Woolwich Ferry closures
The Woolwich Ferry will be
closed during high tides between Monday 29 June and Monday 6 July to allow
essential maintenance on the bridges that allow vehicles and pedestrians to get
on and off the ferry.
The ferry service will be suspended at the
following times
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Monday 29 June from 10.45am until 1.45pm
- Tuesday 30 June from 11.30am until 2.30pm
- Wednesday 1 July from 12.30pm until 3.30pm
- Thursday 2 July from 1.15pm until 4pm
- Friday 3 July from 2pm until 5pm
- Saturday 4 July from 2.45pm until 5.45pm
- Sunday 5 July, last crossing 3.15pm
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Monday 6 July, service begins 6.50am and there
is no service after 4pm
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Taxi fare payments consultation
Transport for London has launched a
consultation on whether passengers using London’s taxis should be able to pay
by card.
Currently there is no requirement on taxi drivers to accept cards for
payment of fares, although around half of drivers do so.
Full details of the consultation can be
found here.
Deadline for responses is Friday 24 July.
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Win a Brompton folding bike
Havering’s cyclists can influence what
cycling facilities will be provided at Crossrail stations in the Borough and could
win a Brompton
folding bike (pictured) for sending in their views.
A survey has been launched by TFL
Rail, which is now running trains between Shenfield and Liverpool
Street as the first stage of the Crossrail
service.
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Public Transport updates
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The latest travel information about rail services through Emerson Park,
Gidea Park, Harold Wood, Romford and Upminster stations from Greater Anglia can be found here. |
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