It’s more or less a year since the first mass protest on Twickenham Riverside about the plan to redevelop the site of the former swimming pool. And it’s 10 months since the “funeral march” for the Riverside (see previous posts on Riversniffers).
One week before a local election on May 6th, the situation now boils down to this: If the incumbent LibDem council is re-elected they will go ahead with the redevelopment plan. If the Conservatives get in they will scrap the development plan, put the land in trust for the public in perpetuity and draw up a plan for the site which involves public use/amenity.
Local campaigners (including it must be said a fair number of Tory activists) gathered at the Barmy Arms on the evening of the 27th April and marched one last time on York House, where the council were due to meet.
Brief video footage of the event is included here for interest. We’ll return to this issue again, after the election.
