SE23 Forum

For this year’s AGM we are delighted to have a guest speaker from Transport for London, who will tell us about the plans for extending the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the South Circular, and what it will mean for cars and air quality in the local area.

The AGM will be held at Louise House (adjacent to Forest Hill Library) on Thursday 17th October 2019, from 7:30pm, and members and non-members alike are welcome to attend.

As well as finding out about the ULEZ, you will learn about Forest Hill Society's projects and accomplishments over the past year and have an opportunity to set the Society's course for the year to come.

If you have concerns that you think are important to the local area, please come along and share them at the meeting; issues that garner support will help set the agenda for 2020 and beyond.

We hope you can join us this evening for our AGM

I hope some of you made it. Despite the terrible weather, there was hardly a free seat in the room.

The presentation by the TfL representatives on the ULEZ was very well received. Many concerns expressed but overall strong support for the extension and for the preparatory work already underway. Their willingness to discuss a range of additional issues including the Mayor’s plans for e-vehicles and charging points was really kind and added extra insight.

There was also a great report from Tim Walker on the London City and Heathrow flightpath issues. His efforts to gain a voice for Forest Hill with assembly members, MPs, the Mayor’s office etc. etc. if really remarkable. We owe him and the transport committee a huge thank you with a special shout out to John Docherty (jgdocherty).

It’s easy to forget how much work the FHSoc does in the community and Michael Abraham’s (michael) last chairman report really laid bare that good work. It was very sad to say goodbye to him as Chairman. Thankfully he remains on the Executive Committee and no doubt will remain a big contributor to the FHSoc and key to our future direction. On that point, the remainder of the Executive Committee was re-elected with two new members joining.