Tony Arbour

Tony Arbour AM has today called for Surbiton and Kingston stations to be moved from transport Zone 6 into Zone 5, which could save commuters travelling from those stations hundreds of pounds a year.

Kingston’s London Assembly Member, Mr Arbour believes the stations are in the wrong zone considering there are 23 stations in Zone 5 that are further out of central London than either Kingston or Surbiton stations which are in Zone 6.

London Assembly Member for Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow, Tony Arbour has welcomed Boris Johnson’s announcement of £50m for regeneration in outer London town centres.

The move will allow councils to bid for funding to aid the regeneration of town centres, like Twickenham, Hounslow and Surbiton.

The money can be used to aid the development of land, maximise transport infrastructure investment and improve town centres for the people who live and work there.

Commenting, Mr Arbour AM said:

At Mayor’s Question Time today, Tony Arbour AM condemned the £29.4m of bonuses  paid by the Metropolitan Police last year to officers for “doing their jobs”.

London Assembly Member for Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow, Mr Arbour said: “It’s outrageous that millions of pounds of public money has been paid in bonuses to police officers for ‘good attendance’ and ‘working as a team’. These are basic parts of working life – bonuses should not be handed to officers just for doing their jobs.”

Tony Arbour, Assembly Member for Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow, has backed Boris Johnson's comments made at the Local Government Dinner at Mansion House last night that London Underground does not need highly-paid drivers once new technology is installed across the network.

Under the upgrade programme, large parts of the Tube network will no longer need manual drivers as the trains will be controlled by a remote computer, with those riding in the cab acting as attendants.

Tony Arbour said: