Call for Ilford train station taxi rank to be turned into drop-off point for drivers
The taxi rank near Ilford station is barely used and should be partly converted into a drop-off area for drivers, according to a resident.
Steven Croft told Redbridge Council’s area seven committee that when he sees the rank, in Balfour Road, it is never full.
He spoke at a meeting in Christchurch Primary School, Wellesley Road, on Tuesday to ask councillors to look into changing use of the area.
Mr Croft said: “I have lived in the borough for 40 years and I know how that taxi rank is used.
“Even at peak times it is one third full maximum.”
You may also want to watch:
He said the lack of bays to allow drivers to pick up and set down passengers for the train station causes safety issues as cars pull over in busy Cranbrook Road.
Cllr Shoaib Patel, cabinet member for environment, transport and crime, said he would raise the issue with officers in his department.
Most Read
- 1 Restaurant faces losing licence after allegations of illegal club nights during pandemic
- 2 Restaurant stripped of its alcohol licence
- 3 'A race against time' - 18,000 people in Redbridge have received Covid jab
- 4 NHS nurse assaulted at east London hospital
- 5 Covid deaths increase at Queen's and King George hospitals this week
- 6 Little Gearies development plans pass following hours of discussion over Barkingside estate
- 7 Residents furious after car park and lift flooded since before Christmas
- 8 Redbridge parents' group donates six new laptops to families in need
- 9 Need for Frenford Foodbank won't end when pandemic does, say volunteers
- 10 Queen's and King George hospitals appeal for volunteers to support end of life patients
