Sydenham The Forgotten Community ,Belfast Northern Ireland

The Community Greenway project is one of the most exciting ventures to take place in East Belfast, the need for the directors of the project to make sure they get it right, this is essential to the project as it cannot be left when completed to run its self.The Project needs to have packages for business involvement by either leasing sites along the Greenway, where the directors have full control of who they let set up business along the pathway. There is huge investment going into the Greenway and it should be looked at as being a project that will bring jobs to the ... Read Full Story

The Community Greenway project is one of the most exciting ventures to take place in East Belfast, the need for the directors of the project to make sure they get it right, this is essential to the project as it cannot be left when completed to run its self.The Project needs to have packages for business involvement by either leasing sites along the Greenway, where the directors have full control of who they let set up business along the pathway. There is huge investment going into the Greenway and it should be looked at as being a project that will bring jobs to the ... Read Full Story

Recent tragedies highlight need for 20mph Two recent tragedies where pedestrians have been killed by car drivers mounting the pavement, have highlighted the need to take action to make our streets safer for all road users. In Ashford, Kent, on Sunday 27th September, two pedestrians were killed and several injured. On Friday 25th September a group of schoolchildren in Worlingham, Suffolk, were knocked down by a car as they walked on the pavement: nine required hospital treatment, including a broken leg and pelvis. These incidents highlight the human cost of lack of respect on our roads, and Living Streets calls upon the police and ... Read Full Story

NEWS RELEASE Palmerston Residents Association call for 20mph limit for the Sydenham Area Palmerston Residents Association, part of national campaigning charity Living Streets, is calling for Department Of Environment to introduce 20mph limits across all of the area’s residential streets. This move would have an immediate impact on the community, drastically cutting road casualties. 20mph limits can also cut CO2 emissions from traffic by encouraging smoother traffic flow, and making it safer and more attractive for people to walk and cycle around. A pedestrian hit at 20 mph has a 95% chance of survival. The transition from minor injuries with little long term impact, ... Read Full Story

Time for 20mph zones? Posted on October 26th, 2009 Conall McDevitt 2 comments Ask anyone living in an urban area and they will be worried about traffic speeding through residential areas. Speed bumps, chicanes and cameras have all been deployed to keep motorists at 30mph in built up areas yet the simple fact is that you still stand a one in five chance of being killed if hit by a vehicles travelling 30mph. Drop the speed of impact to 20mph and the chances of surviving skyrocket (only one in forty chance of being killed). A couple of years ago Bereaved families in the North ... Read Full Story