26/27 Forest Hill Wishlist

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We all have a dream list in our head of how things might develop. The South Circular finally tunnelled away or maybe a direct line to the coast. Fun to think about but never happening. This thread is for the stuff that could genuinely change in the next 12 months if enough people push for it, or the council/local businesses just get round to it. Nothing needing a nine-figure budget or an act of Parliament!

A few categories to get your mind going:

High street & shops - Forest Hill has plenty of empty commercial units. What would you actually want to see fill them?

Transport & parking - bus routes, crossings, cycle lanes, station access. What would you change?

Green space & environment- the Horniman fringes, that stretch of pavement that always floods?

Community & events - markets, pop-ups, things that get people out. What would you actually get out of bed for?

Safety & upkeep - lighting, potholes, fly-tipping hotspots

Add your own, upvote the ones you’d actually use, and I would be interested to see how many are real by this time next year.

My own starter for 10 would be some form of pedestrian crossing on the Perry Vale side of the station!

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I thought you said this was about things that could actually happen… Then said the Perry Vale crossing. :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

I’m not against it at all, but think it is one of the things that has been talked about for so long and pushed back, it would be a feat to see it happen. Sight lines have always been the concern, not to mention how much it would actually be used.

For my wish list…

The return of Finches, bigger and better than ever. The old Co-op site finally be built on. Fly tipping definitely tackled, a re think of the traffic flow through the Dartmouth /London Rd section. A box junction outside the fire station, and the broken up speed humps and road surface on Sunderland and South Roads sorted out.

Few mill should sort that out