Along with its usual work of helping the residents of Ruislip, the RRA sometimes takes on more national issues, that nevertheless have an effect on Ruislip.
At present we are dealing with the proposals for High Speed 2 (HS2), which goes through Ruislip, partly in a tunnel and partly on the surface. We are working to reduce the impact of this major national infrastructure project on Ruislip and its community.
The Future of Pay & Display Machines In January we suspected the £95,000 budgeted saving for “changes to parking payment options” would mean a reduction in the number of physical ticket machines, pointing to the council’s phone-only parking trial at the Beck Theatre as a likely blueprint. Hillingdon Council has now confirmed that this is […]
Support transparency and public accountability The Hillingdon Alliance of Residents’ Associations has launched a borough‑wide petition regarding proposed changes to the Council’s Residents’ Petition Scheme. The changes are scheduled to be voted on by all Councillors at the Full Council meeting on Thursday 9 July. The proposals would: Increase local and planning petition thresholds from […]
This past week brought a terrifying escalation to Ruislip Lido – one that local residents have spent years warning was inevitable. Over a 24-hour window spanning Monday 25 May and Tuesday 26 May, Reservoir Road was completely paralysed on two consecutive days by two different massive emergency responses. While the community waits in agonising suspense […]
We have received a copy of an open letter addressed to Steve Tuckwell (Leader of Hillingdon Council), Phillip Corthorne, John Riley and Peter Smallwood (Ruislip’s ward councillors) and Hillingdon Council’s Complaints department, and reproduce it in full, below: URGENT FORMAL COMPLAINT & SAFETY ESCALATION: Re – Dangerous Driving, Traffic Evasion, and Shift-Worker Sleep Deprivation […]
At a time when Hillingdon is under serious financial pressure, the Council has slashed routine financial scrutiny. Here is why residents are fighting back. At the same Annual Council meeting where Hillingdon changed the rules on sealed contracts and debt write-offs, it also changed the way financial scrutiny is organised. This may turn out to […]
Historically, Ruislip is in the hundred of Elthorne, in the county of Middlesex, but for modern administrative purposes it is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Answers to many questions about services in and around Ruislip can be found on Hillingdon’s website:
Areas surrounding Ruislip are covered by other Residents’ Associations, so here are links to them:
