Green Party member Donald Lyven’s observations on the forum of 23 November: I attended the Finchley Forum at Avenue House last Wednesday.  The problem with customers not using local shops due to pay and display machines being covered is getting very serious.  I heard testimony from shop keepers in Temple Fortune and East Finchley all [...]

  Barnet Greens held a “definitely not official” ceremony after helping achieve the reopening of the “green man” pedestrian crossing at the dangerous corner where Totterid ge Lane meets Whetstone High Road. Following objections by residents and a campaign spearheaded by local Barnet Green Party members, Barnet Council has reopened the crossing this week. The [...]

Barnet Greens are calling for a 20 mph default speed limit on residential and shopping streets across the borough, using as a “case study” the problems in East Finchley’s Church Lane. As well as cutting the number of accidents, a 20 mph limit would be “good for children, cyclists and the planet,” said Andrew Newby, [...]