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Wapping Street for Wapping Residents

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We the undersigned petition the council to We the undersigned petition the council to allow residents of Wapping to use the Bus Gate installed in Wapping. This was promised to residents during the consultation was ignored by the Council. The stated aim of the bus gate was installed to reduce rat-running not penalise actual vulnerable residents. The current bus gate is causing difficulties to vulnerable households, elderly reliant on intergenerational support and care. Households with disabled members of the family, and working families with children. It seems the consultation actively discriminated against working families, in particular the voices of females in these households. Women who are in the front line in terms of providing support to vulnerable members within their households and outside their households through intergenerational support, while at the same time contributing towards the household income. We are disappointed that such views were ignored and not represented by our elected members.

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This Petition ran from 26/10/2020 to 19/04/2021 and has now finished.

145 people signed this Petition.

Council response

Thank you for your petition regarding “Wapping Street for Wapping Residents.”

I would like to clarify that there was never a commitment by the Council to allow all the Wapping residents through the bus gate. During the consultation, a resident exemption was one of the options considered amongst others. The consultation was not a referendum and the results of the consultation are used to inform the decision-making process.

To assist residents with mobility issues in Wapping, a permit scheme has been introduced for blue badge holders to allow them to register one car for an exemption to pass through the gate during restriction hours. Details of the scheme and how to apply can be found here: https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/transport_and_streets/Parking/Terms_and_conditions/Wapping-Bus-Gate-Terms-and-Conditions.aspx

At this time there are no plans to allow exemptions for all residents, however we continue to monitor the situation and make changes to the scheme as required.

I hope you find the above response useful.

Yours sincerely

Ann Sutcliffe
Corporate Director - Place

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