TWO of Southall's biggest politcal heavyweights – and enemies – have both condemed the decision made by Boris Johnson last week.
Virendra Sharma, current labour MP for Ealing Southall, addressed a gathering of residents at the Gasworks site on Monday.
He said: "“Tory Mayor Boris Johnson has ridden rough-shod over the views of Southall residents by giving the go-ahead to this huge development on the Southall Gas Works site.
"The development is not acceptable to the people of Southall because with up to 3,750 residential units it is clearly too large and would result in massive congestion in Southall. The Mayor’s decision to not allow more than 2,500 units unless the South Road bridge is widened makes absolutely no difference to the congestion Southall residents face because of this proposal.
"The whole scheme should have been scrapped and sent back to the drawing board.”
His opponent, Tory parliamentary candidate Gurcharan Singh said: "This decision greatly saddens me. Everyone in Southall agreed that this proposal was not a good idea. It simply does not belong there. I understand there is some talk about the possibility of a judicial review into the Mayor's decision."
