Petition to open Electra Footpath on the River Lea & provide another stretch of walking access along this historic river

This is the one part of the River Lea path that is blocked off between the Olympic Park and Canning Town near the Leamouth at the Thames. People currently have no choice but to take an extensive detour through a large industrial estate. This puts lot of people off trying to continue south as they either don't know how to get to Bow Ecology Park and back onto the river south of Twelve Trees or they don''t want to go through an area full of recycling industries and big lorries that is not pedestrian or cycle friendly. This tiny bit of metal fence closes off public access to a significant part of waterways heritage and ecologically rich section of the River Lea. Let's all ask for it to be opened up asap.

I'm all for it.

Electra Path is fully lit

This is a very noticeable missing link, it would be great to have it open

Resident at London City island

Great idea

It would be great to open up this section of the path by removing the fence as a first step, but even more importantly we also need to push the council to create the missing riverside section along the present industrial sites, to link the path with Wharfside Road and Canning town. Until that happens, the path will be just a dead-end and we'll still need to use the roads between Cody Dock from Canning Town.

Let us not underestimate the value of opening this walkway and the peace & enjoyment it will bring, not just for us but for our children and children’s children.

Really important for the public to have a continuous walk and uninterrupted access along this stretch of the River Lea.

Great initiative.

Please open this section of footpath asap!! It's about main the lower Lee accessable to local residents.

!! Let’s do this !! We need this!!

This will be such a great asset to the neighbouring community :)

Has to be!!

Open the path!

This was part funded before Olympics money not used put into Olympic fund no problem with this but path now needs completion to join up with Thames Path and Bridge T Timothy Bouy Wharf

This is such a valuable resource, it should be open to all

Make it happen!

Let’s make it happen

Opening up a walk along this part of the Lee would be great for people, businesses and ecology