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The current civic centre has been deemed unfit for purpose (Photo: Newsquest) The proposed new civic centre in Harrow is likely to be smaller and less expensive following changes to working habits in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. A report presented to Harrow Council’s overview and scrutiny committee on Monday (May 17) suggested new proposals will see the building – earmarked for Wealdstone town centre – be around a third of the size in terms of floorspace. Developer Wates had i...

Harrow Civic Centre (Photo: Newsquest) Harrow Council’s opposition Conservative group have criticised reshuffles of some of the authority’s key decision-making committees. They suggested decisions taken by council leader Cllr Graham Henson (Lab, Roxbourne) had left certain panels lacking “experience”. Cllr Paul Osborn, leader of Harrow Conservatives, explained nobody questioned the ability of the newly chosen councillors but he felt there were some instances where the changes were...

The cost to remove cycle lanes will be half the amount paid to put them in (Photo: Pexels/Newsquest) Contentious road closures and pop-up cycle lanes in Harrow have moved a step closer to being removed. But it has emerged that it will cost Harrow Council half as much to take out cycle lanes created as part of Covid measures as it was given by the Government to put them in. The council’s traffic and road safety advisory panel (TARSAP) yesterday (April 22) recommended cycle lanes in Honey...

One of the low-traffic neighbourhoods set up in Harrow (Photo: Atish Anand) Harrow Conservatives criticised a “waste of taxpayers’ money” on contentious traffic schemes after a report highlighted their unpopularity. The group said it welcomed the likelihood that many of the trial projects – put in place under the government-funded ‘Streetspace’ programme to encourage walking and cycling – would be removed following extensive resident feedback. However, it hit out at the Labo...

Harrow Council said it had been left with no option but to raise council tax again (Photo: Newsquest/Pixabay) People in Harrow will face a 4.99 per cent increase to their council tax bills as the borough’s latest budget was approved by councillors. Harrow Council approved the tax hike – of which three per cent will be ringfenced for adult social care services – alongside the management of a funding gap of around £8 million at a full council meeting yesterday (Thursday, February 25). ...

The budget will be presented to full council later this month (Photo: Newsquest/Pixabay) Harrow Council looks set to make a council tax hike of almost five per cent as its cabinet approved the budget proposals for 2021/22. Senior councillors agreed to the suggestions put forward at a meeting yesterday (Thursday, February 11) following a review of the council’s finances. The proposals include a 4.99 per cent council tax increase, of which three per cent will be ringfenced for adult socia...

The merits of new low-traffic neighbourhoods have been fiercely debated (Photo: Atish Anand/Newsquest) Road layout changes intended to promote cycling and walking in Harrow will be reviewed in March, despite calls to scrap them immediately. Harrow Council’s traffic and road safety advisory panel (TARSAP) last night (January 11) voted against suggestions to remove all outstanding low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) and pop-up cycle lanes in the borough. TARSAP member Cllr Ameet Jogia, who ...

The council and emergency services have discussed the LTNs (Photo: Atish Anand/Pexels/Newsquest) The leader of Harrow Conservatives has called for low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in the borough to be removed “as a matter of urgency” after seeing a letter from the London Ambulance Service (LAS). Cllr Paul Osborn wrote to Harrow Council’s chief executive, Sean Harriss, asking him to “rectify the defects” in the LTN programme, which was implemented as part of plans to promote activ...