Almost £16 million and further private and public sector investments has been received to fund work on the Lewisham Gateway Development. The redevelopment is expected to replace the existing roundabout between Lewisham station and the Town Centre with an H-shaped road layout and making pedestrian links between the two easier.

The development aims to provide new opportunities for residents in Lewisham Town Centre, promote business success and enhance open spaces. Work is due to start on the Gateway Development in December 2006 and should be finished in 2012.

Welcoming the news, local Lib Dem campaigner Seyed Aghamiri said: “The regeneration of Lewisham is long overdue. Lewisham needs more life. More habitation. And more leisure facilities - including a cinema.”

However, local Lib Dems have some concerns. Cllr Milton said: “About half of those who completed a recent Lib Dem residents’ survey said they weren’t adequately consulted about the plans for the town centre. There will also be major disruption while the Gateway project is being built and the new traffic layout won’t solve the current problems with congestion and pollution.”

Seyed added: “I would have liked to have seen more green space and trees in the plans for Lewisham and less concrete jungle.”

You can hear more about the proposals and question councillors and officers at the Blackheath, Lee Green and Lewisham Central Area Forum Meeting at 7pm on 30 January 2006 at Emmanuel Pentecostal Church on Lee High Road SE12.


17th December 2005

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