Achievements

 

ENVIRONMENT

Recycling at record highs in Ealing – now over 50% (One of the top recycling boroughs in London)

21 Green Flags for our borough’s parks (only 2 when I took over responsibility for our parks)

TRANSPORT

NATIONAL TRANSPORT AWARDS 2015 – BEST LOCAL AUTHORITY

LONDON TRANSPORT AWARDS 2012 – BEST BOROUGH

NATIONAL TRANSPORT AWARDS 2012 – ACHIEVEMENTS  IN CYCLING

NATIONAL TRANSPORT AWARDS 2011 – BEST IMPROVED LOCAL AUTHORITY 

Cycling: Innovative International Award winning Cycle Safety Shield trialled and installed on contractors’ vehicles – protecting cyclists and pedestrians.  Won Mini-Holland funding for Ealing to make our streets safer for cyclists.  Delivered Cycle Hubs in Ealing Broadway and North Acton and introduced Ealing Bike hire scheme

A more accessible borough: Delivered innovative new lift for Greenford Station

Secured additional lifts at Ealing Broadway and agreement that Hanwell Station will get a lift as part of Crossrail works

 

LEISURE

Delivering a new 50m swimming pool and leisure centre at Gurnell

Delivering a £2.8m football and multi-sports facility in Northolt, making it the home of Middlesex FA

 

CLEANSING

MAJOR PLEDGE: Cleaner Streets… Delivered, delivered & continuing to deliver!

Pledge: A 24/7 Grimebusters hotline to report fly-tips and graffiti… Delivered 020 8825 8825

Pledge: Introduce Saturday Street cleaning to the north of the borough, to bring it in line with the refuse collection timetable with the rest of the borough… Delivered… and our new contract from April 2012 will mean SAME DAY STREET CLEANING across the borough meaning further improvements.

Introduced Fixed Penalty Notices for littering across the borough

 

PARKING

Pledge: Ensuring Parking facilities are available for disabled users… Delivering: Clamp down on abusers of blue badges and launching Ealing Disabled Badge system to help prevent thefts of blue badges. and Delivered new permit for disabled drivers

Pledge: An end to midnight enforcement blitzes to issue parking tickets… Delivered

Pledge: Introduce Pay By Phone to our car parks and bays to make it easier to park without the search for loose change… Delivered

Pledge: A review of Yellow Box Junctions across the borough…  Delivered

Pledge: A 50% discount on permits for electric vehicles… Delivered

and much more…