• Reference: 2018/2113
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

It has been reported by the Islington Gazette newspaper that contractors for Transport for London (TfL) laid the wrong paving at Highbury Corner. Please state the cost of initially installing the paving and the cost for the replacement the paving. Please also state what steps have been undertaken to investigate why such a serious mistake occurred in a contract set by TfL and confirm that the contractor rather than TfL will be picking up this bill.

• Reference: 2018/2112
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

You have long advocated pedestrianising Parliament Square. Please state what steps you have taken to ensure this happens?

• Reference: 2018/2111
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Transport for London is already publicising that the London Overground will be closed between Romford to Upminister from the 23 to 28 December this year. Further to the lack of any information provided in your answer to Question 2018/1711, can you please provide an update as to what, if any, services will be provided on Boxing Day on the London Overground this year.

• Reference: 2018/2110
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Will any decision by Transport for London to fund the repair and strengthening of Hammersmith Bridge first go before a Transport for London Board meeting?

• Reference: 2018/2109
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

In answer to Question 2017/4907 you stated that as of December 2017 Transport for London's cost of supervising bus movements over Hammersmith Bridge to ensure the public remains safe and weight restrictions are adhered to has been £284,000. Please provide an update as to the current cost to date faced by Transport for London in providing wardens supervising weight restrictions on this bridge?

• Reference: 2018/2108
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

In answer to Question 2018/0626 you stated: "Based on the latest information that Transport for London (TfL) has received from the borough, it is anticipated that main construction will start on site in autumn 2019". Yet until recently Hammersmith & Fulham Council stated on their website that strengthening work on the bridge will commence in the second half of 2018. Will you now ensure that local residents and users of the bridge, including many bus passengers, are finally provided with accurate information as to the steps that are being taken to fully repair and strengthen this bridge and the timescale?

• Reference: 2018/2107
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Please state by how much the number of street trees increased along the Transport for London Road Network in the years (a) 2016 - 2017, and (b) 2017 - 2018.

• Reference: 2018/2106
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Further to your answer to Question 2018/1299 where it was stated that Transport for London no longer has a dedicated budget for tree planting, please clarify how you intend to meet proposal 43 of your Transport Strategy of ensuring that street tree numbers on the Transport for London Road Network increase by 1 per cent every year between 2016 and 2025.

• Reference: 2018/2105
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Will you consider running a trial collecting data on the effectiveness of strip searches i.e. how many of these result in the discovery of drugs, weapons or other contraband?

• Reference: 2018/2104
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 13 September 2018

Will you encourage Transport for London, and all public transport operators across London, to increase their retention time limits for CCTV evidence to 30 days, to better enable victims of crime to secure justice?