Step-free at station

Published: 4 March, 2011

• IN last week’s article I was described as chief executive of Finsbury Park Business Forum (Boris ‘taking credit for fall in bus crime’, February 25). I am in fact chief executive of FinFuture. We are two separate and distinct organisations. 

The warden scheme mentioned in the article is an initiative of Finsbury Park Business Forum. This sort of inaccuracy causes confusion and leads to misunderstanding between the two organisations. As always, however, I am grateful to the Tribune for your support for FinFuture.

I would also like to point out that I spoke with Mayor of London Boris Johnson last week and he fully supported our campaign for steps-free accessibility at Finsbury Park station. 

The mayor said he is committed to future funding to improve Finsbury Park station and make it accessible for people with physical disabilities. 

Mr Johnson has accepted my invitation to visit FinFuture offices in the near future, when we can appraise him of our activities.

I informed him that, due to funding cuts, we will no longer have town centre activities, business support and the popular local Cleaner, Greener, Safer project after April 1. 

He also took a deep interest in our work on reducing crime and increasing community safety in Finsbury Park and the work through the Tri-Borough Crime Steering Group, the Alert box scheme and the proposed Blackstock Business Watch scheme.

I updated him on the Seven Sisters Corridor Study and the North London Strategic Alliance study into Finsbury Park and our excellent links with Transport for London and Network Rail for a co-ordinated action to improve the bridges along Seven Sisters Road. 

TALAL KARIM
Chief executive, FinFuture
Seven Sisters Road, N4