Make York Way a friendlier place to be a pedestrian

Give us some more buses, and

Use the huge wastelands behind the station for something interesting while waiting for the property market to pick up

These issues will be discussed at a meeting of the Kings Cross Development Forum next Thursday 11 February at 7:00pm Committee Room 1, Camden Town Hall (Opposite St Pancras station).  The Kings Cross Development forum will be questioning Camden council and Argent the property developers.

1 – Will Camden make York Way a friendler place to be a pedestrian?
The Forum wishes to devote the major part of its meeting on Thursday 11 February to York Way and the likely state of the Kings Cross Central site along the York Way border over the next few years. We recognize that York Way is a TfL road and that bus services as well as traffic are TfL concerns. We know that the road is also the boundary with the borough of Islington who obviously have an interest, especially as many Islington residents live just off and even more use York Way. But we want most of all to hear from the London Borough of Camden, Transport for London and Argent (Kings Cross)

2. Will TfL give us some more buses
From Transport for London we would like to hear about the transport links they plan for York Way and Kings Cross Central in the course of the next few (say five) years. At present York Way is only served by the rather infrequent 390 bus. Will one of the other buses serving Kings Cross (e.g.17, 91, 259 or, slightly differently, 274) be diverted to run along a greater section of York Way?
Can a greater frequency of buses be provided on York Way, noting the existing demand and increased demand through University of the Arts (London) – opening October 2011 – and accommodation proposed to be provided in Block R4?

3. Do something temporary with the huge wastelands
Will Argent allow some temporary uses of the sites which they won't be developing for some years because of the property market downturn – and will they bring forward some landscaping improvements along York Way?

Why can't we have some temporary sports pitches for instance or plant the huge open spaces as a temporary urban meadow with wildflowers

We would also ask them to bring forward eventual landscape treatments so as to give people passing along York Way a more cheerful environment over the extended period before final completion.
 
Also

    * Site R4  The application is in and we have till 18 February to comment
    * London undergound's structures south of Kings Cross station – do we want to participate in the appeal over these March 23 24 25 ?
    * Application for funding for Forum's necessary costs
    * proposed next Forum June 8th