John Fahy

One Greenwich

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Many thanks to all those who shared their ideas, frustrations and comments during the Twitter Q&A last Saturday. Although it ran over until Monday I appreciate the time and effort that people took. I know that Greenwich residents care about the area they live in, they want to see improvements and, not surprisingly, frustrations build up.

Elected members care passionately about the areas they represent. We all strive to do better for our communities but many things get in the way. The biggest problem relate to the decline in funding by Government. In many areas of the Council pressures on supporting services are increasing but we are determined to protect the services that people value and appreciate.

All of the points made are now collated and will be shared with Councillor colleagues and Officers . The main theme running through the tweets received was about communicating more effectively with residents. Letting you know about the proposals and plans for Woolwich Town Centre and other areas of the Borough . While this point is well made,negotiations with developers and partners take time. In addition the planning process take take time before it reaches the decision making process.

An additional point well made has been concerns about how best to engage residents in commenting and supporting the improvements in the environment of public spaces across the Borough. The potential of creating improvements in our Public Squares remains a priority and the suggestions highlighted will be fed into the decision making process.

Thank you again for taking the time to participate and look forward to keeping in touch.

Selection of some of the questions and answers from the twitter Q&A