Tag Archives: Leyton Marsh

Open Letter ‘Enough is Enough’ on Leyton Marsh!

Posted on 21 May 2012 by Caroline Day

21st May 2012 Dear [Chief Executive/Leader/Project Manager/Councillor/Member etc of] [Olympic Delivery Authority] [London 2012] [ARUP] [NUSSLI] [Lee Valley Regional Park Authority] [Waltham Forest Council] [Environment Agency] [Health and Safety Executive] [British Waterways] [Greater London Authority]  RE: CONTINUED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AT … Continue reading →

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IMPORTANT MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY!

Posted on 20 May 2012 by Caroline Day

There is a Marsh Users Forum Meeting on Wednesday 23rd May 6:30pm at the Lea Valley Ice Rink. This is an open meeting co-ordinated by the LVRPA to discuss their plans for the £65k to ‘improve’ Leyton and Walthamstow Marshes. … Continue reading →

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Lobby Your Representatives In Waltham Forest and Hackney re Leyton Marsh

Posted on 19 May 2012 by Caroline Day

Please lobby your local Hackney and Waltham Forest councillors and MPs to take action over Leyton Marsh. This is an example letter from a local resident which outlines the lack of concern demonstrated over serious issues relating to the marsh … Continue reading →

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ODA Meeting: Why So Scared To Have Your Statements Be A Matter of Public Record?

Posted on 15 May 2012 by Caroline Day

FULL UNEDITED SOUND RECORDING OF THE MEETING On Tuesday night there was a meeting of the ODA, LVRPA and local residents at a small nursery on Riverside Close, Hackney to discuss the ‘reinstatement works’ for the marsh. To attend the … Continue reading →

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Beating the Bounds 2012

Posted on 11 May 2012 by Charlie Charman

Beating the Bounds 2012 Walks around the Lea Valley Marshes Sunday 13th May 2012 Once each year, sometimes on a legally designated or customary date, people still walk around local areas of land to re-establish rights of common or mark … Continue reading →

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Save Leyton Marsh Group: Our Response to the Olympic Delivery Authority

Posted on 10 May 2012 by Caroline Day

Our Response to ODA letter of 30th April (signed by Chief Executive Dennis Hone)  sent to local residents: An Open Letter to the ODA You wrote to residents to address concerns that have been “expressed about these works in recent … Continue reading →

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Leyton Marsh: Spot the deliberate mistake

Posted on 7 May 2012 by Caroline Day

Millfields Park Blog Spot have an excellent front page blog on the insulting letter sent by the ODA to residents regarding Leyton Marsh. The blog has many pointers for responding to the misleading information provided in the ODA letter sent … Continue reading →

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Individuals now guilty of pre-crime: granting of first Olympic ASBO

Posted on 4 May 2012 by Caroline Day

Does the Olympics by definition constitute a collective good? Even if it does, in pursuit of this collective good should the human rights of individuals be compromised or even suspended? It appears that the authorities believe so. The first ever … Continue reading →

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Imprisoned for telling the truth?

Posted on 1 May 2012 by Caroline Day

On Thursday 26th April Mike Wells, a citizen journalist who writes for the Games Monitor website, was filming unsafe working practices on Leyton Marsh at the chaotically managed Olympic construction site. As a result of his attempt to film and … Continue reading →

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