Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Finsbury Park and 7Sisters stations among those at high flood risk
Guardian article. We're doomed.
"The LU report is its first on flood risk since 2001 and identifies 85 “high-risk” sites, of which 57 are stations and the rest are shafts and tunnel entrances. The stations in the top 10 of highest risk are spread across the city and include Finsbury Park, Notting Hill Gate, Seven Sisters, Colliers Wood, Stockwell and Marble Arch. Another 68 sites were identified as at “significant risk” by the report, including 23 stations."
I wonder how those risks are changed by the desire to make transport hubs into massive housing builds? eg Two 8-storey towers plus the 24-storey Apex tower atop Seven Sisters tube? Heavy, man.
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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Good try Pam ..
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Permalink Reply by markb on
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How exactly are those risks changed?
Less risky, to protect the property investors?
More risky to attract funding to protect property investors?
Personally, I think the risks are being swept under the carpet to avoid the discovery of the secret lairs of the Reptilian people that rule us.
Heavy, man.
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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IIRC it was Buckminster Fuller who first asked the question, what does a building weigh?
I'm sure Grainger's engineers will have calculated the answer but I can't help thinking that 24 stories of concrete must exert some kind of extra pressure on the land beneath. Also the excavations will have an effect on the water table.
This area is in the once in 1000 years risk of flooding zone. But those odds are shortening all the time.
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Permalink Reply by Justin Hinchcliffe on
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A report, based on the first planning application, confirmed this. This was one of the reasons we got Boris to "call it in" - his contribution, as Mayor, stalled everything thus far (by requiring the market to be "saved in its entirety") . Then Janet - God bless her - won her case in the Court of Appeal. It's amazing that, between us, we have defeated Grainger every step of the way.
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A very partial historical account there Julian.
You omitted to mention that the Mayor and the GLA have approved the development. Indeed he has used his powers to pay the Latin Market £285.000 of public money to facilitate its reallocation.
This of course is in addition to the £144,000 that the developer has to pay to the market under the S106 agreement!
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That S106 is old, man. The market isn't reallocating itself anywhere fast. The perenially rejigged plans have now tried to move it to Apex House, except something is screwing up those plans, the customer services building was meant to be done and dusted by last September, after moving the service into a tiny corner of Marcus Garvey library. Those lies have proven a bit shaky as the end date for the takeover of MGL went from Feb2016 to June and now there is no date on the noticeboard at all. Oh and it will take at least half the MGL space, and has had to erect screens everywhere to disguise the sad fact that they have destroyed the children's garden. The planning meeting to discuss the latest incarnation of the Apex/Fagpacket tower is not scheduled for months, with no explanation. Something is amiss is the cosy relationship Grainger/LBH/McAslan/Panama / Tessa Jowell/old school pals/Baroness Ford.
Meanwhile we carry on work with the community plan, which has planning permission to restore the site.
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"This area is in the once in 1000 years risk of flooding zone. But those odds are shortening all the time."
Verifiable source for the 1 in 1000 and subsequent reductions?
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they dont seem to have the time/risk figures any more.
This shows the High Road/ West Green Road junction at high risk of flooding from surface water. It's outside the risk zone from the River Lea.
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Mostly on the route of the Stonebridge Brook. It must be remembered that the area around Russell Road (Dark Blue on the map) was watercress fields until 1876.. Was developed 1878/79. Mostly redeveloped 1971/72.
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