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Pavements – what are they good for?

The Islington Tribune letters page has recently hosted a lively debate about the pavements in Barnsbury/Laycock. People are  questioning why we are so often

By Richenda Walford, Guest Speaker 5 Mar 2023

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Drop Some Pins on the Map

A very important part of the engagement for the Barnsbury Laycock Liveable Neighbourhood is the Map. It is the easiest way for us to log

By Richenda Walford 26 Feb 2023

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Engagement Zoom meeting tomorrow

Reminder: Zoom engagement meeting tomorrow evening, Wednesday 22, at 7pm. Capacity at this meeting is unlimited but you do need to register to attend. It’

By Richenda Walford 21 Feb 2023

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Update on the engagement meetings

All the In-Person sessions (on 7 March) have sold out. We hope you got a booking but if not we hope you are on the

By Richenda Walford 12 Feb 2023

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Stop Press - Engagement events

We've all been waiting for news on the engagement for Barnsbury and Laycock Liveable Neighbourhood (BLLN) - here it is. the Council’s

By Richenda Walford 8 Feb 2023

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Letters

Letters to our two local papers: The Islington Gazette and The Islington Tribune.

By John Hartley 4 Feb 2023

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2023 in Barnsbury Laycock

2022 is now behind us and we are looking forward.... Happy New Year!

By John Hartley 1 Jan 2023

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Liveable Neighbourhood for Barnsbury Laycock – tell the Council what you want on Tuesday 15

After 2 years of waiting, finally, the Council are giving us our chance of a Liveable Neighbourhood. Liveable Neighbourhoods will have quiet, pleasant streets with

By Richenda Walford 10 Nov 2022

Engagement & design

Perspective from Offord Road

LTNs have been nothing if not divisive. Most can agree that lower traffic and less pollution is better for all. But to say that the

By Low Traffic Offord Road 26 May 2022

Liveable Islington

Report: Beat the Street

Rather lost in all the flurry of excitement over the local election results last week, you may not be aware that the Beat the Street project came to an end.

By John Hartley 21 May 2022

Events

Spring family walk (Barnsbury and Cross Street)

Rachael of Islington Clean Air Parents has teamed up with David of Footways London to share the benefits of walking in Islington, with an i-spy game for children to enjoy.

By Rachael Swynnerton 20 May 2022

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Support the campaign

Before lockdown, our streets had been dysfunctional for decades. During COVID, we saw that with low traffic we could re-own and re-imagine our public realm.

By Multiple authors 14 May 2022

Newsletters

Newsletter 14 May 2022

Dear Neighbours So, we are finally past our local council elections! On the LTN front (admittedly a narrow focus given the many critical issues affecting

By Francisca Sepúlveda 14 May 2022

Liveable Islington

Real action wins votes

Now the local elections are over, another hurdle for the council's People Friendly Streets programme has passed. The results show residents are overwhelmingly

By Simon Izod 13 May 2022

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Engagement & Design

Islington Council have designed and implemented eight Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) over the past 18 months.

By Richenda Walford 7 May 2022