Kilburn Park Road: Meeting with Brent Councillors

Yesterday morning we held a meeting with two senior Brent Councillors to discuss their plans to massively change Kilburn Park Road and build on the current roundabout.

We met close to the roundabout during rush hour to make sure that the Councillors were aware of the high volume of traffic which use it - and particularly the large number of buses (sometimes up to half a dozen a minute) which pass by. We were promised a report from Brent Council officers several weeks ago which apparently proves that the roundabout is not needed given the volume of traffic which uses it (something which we disagree with) - we are yet to receive that report.

We also took them down Kilburn Park Road to show how all local residents will be impacted by the potential changes. In addition, we highlighted many of the comments and concerns that local residents have raised in the last couple of weeks in their correspondence to us.

In addition, we have also raised our real concerns about the failure to involve Kilburn Park Road residents in these discussions at an earlier stage and the very short timeframe they are now giving local residents to comment - which really isn't acceptable.

We are grateful for the Councillors coming to Maida Vale and listening to our concerns. Although we don't expect to change their minds (and we understand that their overall goal is to remove some tower blocks which everyone accepts are pretty bad), it is important to try. We will ensure the views of local residents are paramount in their thinking going forward.

The next step for local residents is to attend the public open meeting at Essendine School on Friday 13th November between 6pm and 8.30pm. This will be you opportunity to question Brent Council officers and to let them know your thoughts on the plans.

Alastair, Jan and Lee