Save Tooting Market, Don't Allow CrossRail 2 to Compulsory Purchase Any of Tooting Market!

The Issue

Dear Friends of Tooting Market,

After meeting with the Cross Rail 2 Team at Transport for London (TFL) on September 15th 2016, the Tooting Market owner and market manager had been advised by TFL that the current proposal for the Cross Rail 2 ventilation shaft at Tooting Broadway would require the compulsory purchase for at least 65% of Tooting Market. The current design would force the closure of Tooting Market as the remaining approx. 35% would not be feasible to operate as a market.

Further, once the works would be completed, the land where the market was positioned, would be sold off to developers for a new commercial/residential scheme. 

Any such proposal for bringing Cross Rail 2 to Tooting Broadway would mean the end of an historic nearly century old Tooting Market, which hosts over 60 unique businesses and over 100 staff, as well as playing a major role in the local community for events, pop ups, charities, cinema nights and much more.

Therefore, we at Tooting Market, are asking the Mayor of London (Sadiq Khan), the Secretary for Transport (Chris Grayling) & the Head of Cross Rail 2 (Michele Dix), to ensure that any proposal to bring Cross Rail 2 to Tooting Broadway, will guarantee the safeguarding for all of Tooting Market in it's entirety, even if it means to move the station to another site.

Please help us #SaveTootingMarket by signing the petition and sharing it with others.

Thank you.

Tooting Market Management

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The Issue

Dear Friends of Tooting Market,

After meeting with the Cross Rail 2 Team at Transport for London (TFL) on September 15th 2016, the Tooting Market owner and market manager had been advised by TFL that the current proposal for the Cross Rail 2 ventilation shaft at Tooting Broadway would require the compulsory purchase for at least 65% of Tooting Market. The current design would force the closure of Tooting Market as the remaining approx. 35% would not be feasible to operate as a market.

Further, once the works would be completed, the land where the market was positioned, would be sold off to developers for a new commercial/residential scheme. 

Any such proposal for bringing Cross Rail 2 to Tooting Broadway would mean the end of an historic nearly century old Tooting Market, which hosts over 60 unique businesses and over 100 staff, as well as playing a major role in the local community for events, pop ups, charities, cinema nights and much more.

Therefore, we at Tooting Market, are asking the Mayor of London (Sadiq Khan), the Secretary for Transport (Chris Grayling) & the Head of Cross Rail 2 (Michele Dix), to ensure that any proposal to bring Cross Rail 2 to Tooting Broadway, will guarantee the safeguarding for all of Tooting Market in it's entirety, even if it means to move the station to another site.

Please help us #SaveTootingMarket by signing the petition and sharing it with others.

Thank you.

Tooting Market Management

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Roi MengelgreinPetition Starter
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The Decision Makers

Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London
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“Dear Petitioner Thank you for the petition submitted on the change.org website about the potential impacts on Tooting Market should a Crossrail 2 station serve Tooting Broadway. It is important to note that at this point no final decisions have been made on whether Crossrail 2 comes to Balham or Tooting Broadway. While the decision is yet to be made, a station at Tooting Broadway has long been a part of plans for Crossrail 2. Transport for London (TfL) considers a station at this location would provide substantial additional capacity and congestion relief to the existing Northern line station and services. It would also support regeneration, growth and development of the local area and improve access to St George's Hospital. Since 2015, extensive work has been done to look at how a station could be built at Tooting Broadway. As a result, TfL now has a better understanding of how it would manage the difficult ground conditions in the area and the construction method that it would use to construct the station safely. As you may be aware, the technique we would need to use means that larger worksites would be required than was previously anticipated. When considering the construction of a station at Tooting Broadway, one of the worksites TfL has considered includes potentially using an area towards the rear of Tooting Market. This area amounts to less than half of the overall market space. Over the last few months, TfL has been assessing alternative worksites to see if the potential impact on the market could be avoided or further minimised. However, there are a number of constraints including the need for a station to interchange with the Northern line; for worksites to be located close to the tunnel alignment; and to maintain traffic flow on Tooting High Street. TfL’s approach would also be to avoid both listed buildings and residential properties where possible, an approach taken in other schemes such as Crossrail 1. The area around Tooting Broadway is densely populated, with residential properties and listed buildings. At this stage, all alternative station alignments have been shown to have significantly greater impact on local people’s homes. As a local resident and your former MP for Tooting, the Mayor recognises that Tooting Market is an important hub, providing employment for small business owners as well as community facilities in the town centre. He has asked TfL to continue assessing options that could reduce the impact on the market, and to keep you informed on the progress and outcomes of this work. The Mayor remains committed to consulting on revised proposals for the railway at the earliest possible time and encourage those with an interest in Tooting Market to have their say on TfL’s proposals by participating in the formal public consultation process. Yours sincerely Public Liaison Officer Greater London Authority”
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Petition created on 19 September 2016