Venue: The Hub, Tooting & Mitcham Football Club, Bishopsford Road, Morden SM4 6BF
Chair: Siobhain McDonagh MP for Mitcham & Morden
Panel:
Cllr Natasha Irons, Ravensbury Ward Councillor
Cllr Peter McCabe, Ravensbury Ward Councillor
Lewis Oldfield TFL Bus Services Delivery
Merton Council Bus Man
Paul McGarry, Merton Council Director of Environment and Regeneration
James McGinley, Merton Council Assistant Director for Sustainable Communities
David Keppler, Merton Council Head of Revenues and Benefits
Absent:
Cllr Stephen Alambritis Leader of Merton Council / Ravensbury Ward Councillor
Agenda:
Introduction
TFL replacement bus service (From minutes 4 minutes 45 seconds)
Merton Council Future Merton (From 48 minutes)
Merton Council Business Rates Relief (From 1 hour 26 minutes)
For daily updates on progress since the bridge, collapse see @MarkGale on Twitter – includes before and after photos of the Mitcham Bridge works, flood water levels, structural damage, contractors on site, lighting installation, safety concerns of regular mopeds/motorcycles driving over footpath etc.
![Before the flood, the acrow props](http://www.merton.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/A217-Bishopsford-Road-London-Road-Bridge-Collapse-Before-1024x768.jpg)
![During the flood, the acrow props restricting flow with weeds and debris collected](http://www.merton.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/A217-Bishopsford-Road-London-Road-Bridge-Collapse-During-1024x566.jpg)
![After the collapse, the foundations washed away and brickwork drop](http://www.merton.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/A217-Bishopsford-Road-London-Road-Bridge-Collapse-After-Side-1024x768.jpg)
![After the collapse, the newly placed strengthened and waterproof bridge cracks dropping around a foot](http://www.merton.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/A217-Bishopsford-Road-London-Road-Bridge-Collapse-After-Top-1024x768.jpg)