The Conservative-controlled Westminster City Council has arranged for the refurbishment of two hundred decommissioned Council laptops. The laptops have been distributed to help vulnerable families hitherto without computers.
We have received several queries about the role of traffic wardens in our community during these unusual times.
The wardens are performing a key role in keeping our streets moving and free of obstructions that could hinder emergency-services and impede essential supplies and services, such as
We have been receiving regular complaints from residents about anti-social behaviour, including drug taking and drinking, at the back of the office block at 11 Belgrave Road.
Proposals have been developed to refurbish this building to include flexible workspace, with new terracing and a landscaped
We are pleased to report that the two sides of the bridge on Warwick Avenue over the canal have both been repaired and are now been repainted. Significant structural repairs were needed following a vehicle damaging the bridge and this has now been completed.
The following article by Westminster City Council Leader Rachael Robathan originally appeared on theMJ.co.uk
Some people said it was a naïve scheme that would never work.
There are now nearly 500 electric charging points in Westminster, a figure which is planned to more than double by the end of the year to over 1000. This is the highest number of charging points of any local authority in the UK.
During the current health crisis, dogs must now be kept on leads at all times.
This applies throughout all of Westminster's parks and open spaces, including the dog run and exercise areas such as in St George's Square.
Pimlico Councillor and Westminster Animal Welfare Champion Jacqui Wilkins
A planning application has been submitted for a seven-storey rear-courtyard extension at Woolworth House (242 - 246 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 6JQ), and to build two additional levels on Harewood Avenue, plus the introduction of planting and landscaping at the existing entrance on Marylebone Road.
The Ward is fortunate in having three squares. However, residents using these green spaces should bear in mind the current risks to themselves and others of touching anything (e.g. gates and handles) as they come and go.
Local people have been contacting us about aggressive begging both on the streets and directed towards those now having to queue outside Pimlico supermarkets and retailers.
