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• Reference: 2004/1795
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Do you agree that there is massive untapped potential for using London's canal network to transport waste and other cargoes? What measures need to be put in place to deliver this potential? Do TfL and British Waterways have an action plan to bring this about?

• Reference: 2004/1729
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Are you concerned that the number of licensed Private Hire Vehicle drivers is well short of TfL's milestone targets? Apart from making the conditions for driver registration less stringent, have you considered increasing the number of licensing staff as a way of enabling you to meet your 2006 target of fully registering all drivers? Has the number of staff changed significantly since I asked you about this on the 21st May 2003?

• Reference: 2004/1730
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

How many of the Private Hire Vehicles have been rejected by the licensing system and how many of these were actually considered unroadworthy and dangerous? Given the large proportion of rejected vehicles, are you concerned that the timescale for vehicle inspection has slipped?

• Reference: 2004/1731
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

What action will you take to ensure that the amenity of Lesnes Abbey Woods, Bostall Woods and Bostall Heath will not be severely affected by the increased traffic, noise and pollution caused by the building of the Thames Gateway Bridge. What action can you take to ensure that Knee Hill road will not get the predicted 77% increase in traffic?

• Reference: 2004/1732
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

When TfL considered the proposal to create a pedestrian and cyclist walkway across the Thames at Chelsea Bridge, did they apply all the recommendations made by Professor Goodwin for assessing the costs and benefits? Is there any hope that TfL will help to fund this project in future years?

• Reference: 2004/1733
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

What action has been taken to ensure training and guidance for traffic surveyors and engineers on where tactile crossings should be placed and why, and on introducing procedures on road safety issues affecting visually impaired people? Can TfL do anything to ensure that both its own regional teams and the local authorities staff, have such training and guidance?

• Reference: 2004/1734
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

I understand that TfL has jurisdiction over the traffic lights at the junction of St Mildreds/Brownhill Road/Hither Green Lane/Verdant Lane. What action is being proposed to improve the safety at this junction and can these measures be brought in during the financial year 2005/06?

• Reference: 2004/1740
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

How do you intend to enforce TfL's instructions to the operator of the T31 bus service (First Orpington) to comply with the requirement for First Orpington drivers to switch off their vehicle engines when parked for more than a few minutes at the bus stand outside 95 Markfield, Court Wood Lane, Croydon?

• Reference: 2004/1741
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Further to your answer to my question 1057/2004 in September, I am given to understand that the London Borough of Sutton intend to dispose of their trade waste at the Benedicts Wharf site in Mitcham, part of the London Borough of Merton. I understand this is due to the fact that Croydon are only allowing local businesses to access their trade waste sites and that the Garth Road site in Merton will not be able to handle an extra 10,000 tons of trade waste per year coming from the London Borough of Sutton. Using the rough yardstick of half a...

• Reference: 2004/1790
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 15 December 2004

Will you support my proposal for a Community Planning Officer, possibly based at Planning Aid for London, to help the public and community groups understand better the Mayor's role in planning, respond to strategic planning policy proposals, and make relevant representations on planning referrals?