Council Officer Ghost Edited Business Group’s Press Statement Seeking Dismantling Of Pop-Up Cycleway On Kensington High Street

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A freedom of information (FoI) request has revealed behind-the-scenes coordination between a borough council and a business group over the December 2020 dismantling of a pop-up cycleway on London’s Kensington High Street.

Removing the cycleway would “lead to more pollution and more gridlock in London,” he said, claiming the council was “giving an incentive to drive when you could easily use public transport, walk or cycle.”

RBKC sought views on the cycleway from business groups, disability organizations and resident associations. At the end of November, RBKC’s head of news edited the provided statement from the Kensington Business forum’s chair. In the email of November 26, the head of news told Frost they would be supplying the edited statement to the press:as exclusive business coverage for Monday, after residents gets letters at the weekend and we expect some coverage in theIn an email two days earlier, KBF’s chair — this would be Mr. Frost — told the council:

According to the Bike is Best campaign group, Kensington High Street was blocked by parked cars for 63.6% of the time during the last week of December.on January 1, 2020, will be embarrassing for Kensington and Chelsea council, especially as its officers appeared to use far from neutral language when emailing for third-party views on the cycleway.

 

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