Lib Dem councillor Wayne Hoban has accused Haringey Council of unacceptable delays over future improvements to “The Triangle” in Alexandra ward. Mr Hoban says that the site, at the junction of Crescent Road and Palace Gates Road, is an eyesore when instead it should be an attractive focal point for the local community. At present, the area is covered with graffiti and is often strewn with rubbish.

Following a Lib Dem consultation earlier in the year, local residents have suggested that more plants are needed, and have offered to help. A local landscape artist has even offered to help in any redesign work.

Cllr Hoban has been asking the Labour council to hold a meeting with local residents since February this year, but the excuse given is that the area is one of six sites in the borough that has been selected as a site for potential advertising revenue in partnership with a marketing company.

Mr Hoban says this is an unacceptable excuse – the site does not even have a sign indicating that it is available for advertising, to which local shops could respond, and that upgrade of the site is being unnecessarily delayed by the council.

Wayne Hoban comments:

“I have told the council how disappointed I am at their approach to the Triangle. Local residents have expressed strong support for improvements, and have even offered to help. There can be no excuses. I am asking again for a meeting to see how we can make progress in sorting this site out.”