If you live in Islington you'll be getting a copy of the Liberal Democrats 'Islington News' through your door. That's a heck of alot of coverage and each copy carries an article about this campaign (left). So a big thankyou to Bridget Fox, prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Islington South & Finsbury who has been actively involved in the campaign since the start.
The campaign has the support of all the major parties in Islington with Emily Thornberry MP (Labour) having approached the Transport Minister on the issue and Duncan Webster chair of Islington Conservative Association fully on-board. The Conservatives at regional level, through Kulveer Ranger head of TfL, have pledged to do all in their power to get Network Rail to build the bridge we so sorely need. Greater London Assembly members from the Green Party, Labour Party and Lib Dems have all been actively pursuing this.
Now - someone needs to take the Transport Minister aside and have a quiet word - the bridge is a quick, easy and cheap project to take on, the only barrier to it is Network Rail. We don't need a feasibility study, we are asking for the original bridge to be replaced so we know it can be done. What we need is someone to tell Network Rail to get it done and fast.
Now that Argent is facing financial problems no-one knows whether the planned buildings next to the railway tracks in King's Cross Central will ever get built, or what form they will take. We need a bridge now - the Wharfdale Road entrance will be closed soon, the bridge needs to be available to the community as a matter of urgency.
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