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

This needs to happen to celebrate the wonderful community and landscape of the Lower Lea Valley

This would be a major improvement for locals, Londoners and long distance walkers.

What if? Why not!?

This short section of path really needs to be opened so that many can enjoy walking the length of the Lea without a long detour.

Thanks to the Leaway project the River Lea footpath is a joy to explore walking south from the Olympic Park - except this bit. Please review permissions and make it accessible to the public.

The more opportunities for people to connect with their local rivers, observe the wildlife living alongside rivers and to witness the health of their river and understand their impact (positive and negative) on the quality of the water and the riparian habitat the better.

It's perverse to deny access to follow the river down to the Thames nearby

This will be a valuable community asset for so many people to enjoy.

The opening of the footpath is vital to the regeneration of the area that is currently taking place.

Local residents, boaters, charities and businesses are coming together to help Newham Council and the Greater London Authority to make the case in realising a 60 year dream of opening up the final missing sections of the Lower Lea River footpath so we can all walk from the Thames, 26 miles to Hertfordshire! This amazing project has the potential to link hundreds of thousands of people living in East London with the rest of the Lee Valley Park and provide a much needed green pedestrian highway that will quite literally transform our neighbourhood. please help by signing and sharing this worthwhile petition. best wishes from everyone at Cody Dock.

I can’t understand why the Council have kept this path blocked for so long. This is an important route that we would all like to enjoy access to.

This would be a huge support to enhance the quality of life both residents & local businesses. A very exciting enhancement for the local area!