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• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: I am increasingly concerned as to whether Stratford Station can safely meet growing passenger demand. Stratford Station is dangerously overcrowded, with well over 40 million passengers using the station a year, from only 12 million a decade ago. I understand plans to address overcrowding are looking solely at Stratford regional station, yet Stratford International could help relieve the situation. What are you doing to look at expanding the use of Stratford International Station to deal with this increase in demand?

• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you. We have heard a lot about the London Stadium but there are five different Olympic sporting venues in the Olympic Park. Two of these are the [Lee Valley] Hockey and Tennis Centre and the [Lee Valley] VeloPark, but they are owned and run by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, which Londoners all contribute to. What kind of relationship do you have with that Authority as the new Chief Executive and are you considering, or are you looking at developing, a joint strategy with that Authority to explore how together you can better deliver...

• Reference: 2001/0080-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

To what extent will the work of the Architecture and Urbanism Unit be supported by consultants? How much will this cost and what steps will be taken to ensure that conflicts of interest do not arise? .

• Reference: 2001/0081-1
• Question by: Louise Bloom
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

What place does the River Thames have in your vision for urban design in London? .

• Reference: 2001/0082-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

What visible public space improvements can Londoners expect to see in the next three years, as a result of the work of the Architecture and Urbanism Unit? .

• Reference: 2001/0083-1
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

What is your involvement in Mayor's Spatial Development Strategy? Have you fed into other Mayoral strategies so as to ensure an integrated approach? .

• Reference: 2001/0084-1
• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

What steps will you be taking to engage with London Boroughs as part of your work programme? .

• Reference: 2001/0085-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

Will the Architecture and Urbanism Unit be involved in a possible bid to bring the Olympics to London? .

• Reference: 2001/0086-1
• Question by: Sally Hamwee
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

Do you feel that an event such as the Olympics would offer the opportunity of an urban renaissance in substantial swathes of London? (Sally Hamwee) .

• Reference: 2001/0087-1
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

Will you be advising the Mayor to invest in existing London squares to ensure their maintenance and upkeep, and to actively promote the construction of further squares and small public spaces? .