Bring the Tube to Streatham Update: Mayor launches consultation on London transport connections
London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced a major consultation on the future of London transport, which includes the potential scheme to bring the London Underground to Streatham.
Following the publication of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy, Londoners are being asked to register their views.
This is an important opportunity to let the Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) know what a difference a tube extension to Streatham, currently under consideration, would make.
The Mayor’s Transport Strategy recognised the lack of transport connections in South London, describing the “paucity of the Underground network” in the area and the need for “better public transport connectivity between inner north and inner south London”.
It also confirms that TfL is looking into a number of options to extend the Bakerloo line southwards with the route currently being under development. The report pledges that the Bakerloo extension will serve “areas with poor transport accessibility”.
Despite these positive developments, we need to keep up pressure if we want a Streatham tube extension to become a reality.
The decision on where to build the tube extension will take into account the views of residents and you can take part in the consultation at http://www.london.gov.uk/shaping-london/ before it closes on January 12th 2010.
Registering views online only takes around 5 minutes and could help determine whether the Tube comes to Streatham or elsewhere.
If you haven’t yet signed the petition to bring the tube to Streatham, do so here.
