Work on the next phase of the £3m Clapham Junction exemplar scheme starts in May 2013. 

Businesses in the Northcote Road area were today being handed the results of the first local Consumer Survey in recent years carried out by local MP Jane Ellison and the Northcote Ward Councillors.

Balham has become a popular place to live, and your local councillors have been working hard to improve transport links for residents and visitors.

Local Conservative councillors are delighted that Balham Town Centre Partnership has secured £1.9million to encourage people to explore, enjoy and invest in Balham town centre. The investment comes from the Mayor’s Outer London Fund with matching funding from Wandsworth Council.

A proposal for a new foot/cycle bridge that will provide a much needed link across the Thames between Battersea and Fulham has been submitted to Wandsworth Council for full planning permission. If granted, we could welcome a new pedestrian bridge alongside the existing Battersea (Cremorne) railway bridge. The project was announced last year as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

The first River Taxi opening the new service from Putney to Blackfriars departed from Putney at 6.30am on Tuesday 2nd April. One of the earliest travellers on the Thames Clipper was Richard Tracey, the Mayor's Ambassador for River Transport and London Assembly Member for Wandsworth and Merton.

Wandsworth Council is taking action to help residents improve recycling rates.

A long-running campaign by your local Conservative councillors has successfully resulted in the extension of the Waterloo-bound platform at Wandsworth Town station.

Member of Parliament for Battersea, Jane Ellison, and London Assembly Member for Merton and Wandsworth, Richard Tracey, today joined local Conservative councillors to celebrate Clapham Junction station’s 150th anniversary.

Severe winters and record wet weather have led to more potholes in local roads, which is bad news for road users and their vehicles.