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| April 29, 2012 | Lea Flood Relief Channel very swollen and the Navigation itself is full with a strong current. In early March the authorities said that because of the drought we'd have to have a hose pipe ban this summer.
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| April 27, 2012 | Caroline Allen and local Greens visit Porters Field. "Planning permission was granted by Waltham Forest on the basis of the structure removing less than 15cm of soil, for this reason no environmental impact was required," she says in a blog. "However the developers knew, prior to the date of the planning meeting, that foundations of 0.5m would be required. Now this earth work has been done we have a pile of contaminated rubble and soil, until recently completely exposed to the elements and now partially covered with a loose tarpaulin, that could be leeching arsenic, asbestos and lead. The site contains the rubble from blitz sites in the East End.
"No one will agree to investigate or study soil samples and there appears to be no come back on the broken planning rules." |
| April 4, 2012 | LVRPA is going to the High Court today seeking an injunction giving it powers to remove persons unknown from Porters Field. This is a highly unusual legal manoeuvre and may fail. Some people will be identifying themselves as "persons unknown" and attempting to oppose the action. Very strange. This is all connected to plans to build a basketball practice court.
See statement by Save Leyton Marsh |
| March 7, 2012 | Sustrans underpass flooded again. At the userforum in February 2012 we were told there had been a problem with the pump and the Thames Water Authority electricity supply but that this had been fixed. |
| February 14, 2011 | Scary warning from waterworks echoing down Coppermill Lane. A disembodied voice constantly repeating: "Warning ozone gas leak in the east plant. Do not enter this area until further notice. " The east plant is presumably the one closest to Coppermill Lane and ozone is a colourless, poisonous gas! |
January 19, 2011 | Three men surveying Porter's Field with a laser theodolite. They're getting remarkably close to the Black Poplars (time for a tree preservation order?). Apparently the Olympics is going to require a large marquee and temporary basketball court here. It's not long ago that LVRPA was talking about devoting most of Porter's Field to the riding stable. Porter's Field is pretty well the only large bit of all weather recreation area available to the public on Walthamstow and Leyton Marshes! |
| January 13, 2011 | A pair of green parakeets seen on the marshes (above the Cattle Creep). It's very likely these will be the commonest birds on the marshes in a few years time. See birds on marshes. |
| December 26, 2010 | Heron eating frog under the closed pedestrian bridge at the marina. There's often a heron there searching. This frog seems to have chosen a bad spot to hibernate in. |
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