Request ID: FOI-3537-2223 Date published: 17 April 2023
You asked
Please can you confirm whether there is any Japanese knotweed at Westdown Road, London, E15 2DA or the back of this street where the railway is.
We answered
TfL Ref: EIR-3537-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 28th March 2023 asking for information about Japanese knotweed at Westdown Road, London, E15.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act / Environmental Information Regulations and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“Please can you confirm whether there is any Japanese knotweed at Westdown Road, London, E15 2DA or the back of this street where the railway is.”
I can confirm that we hold the information you require.
Westdown Road runs adjacent to the Central Line London Underground track for approximately 550 metres. We are aware of one location on this stretch where there is Japanese knotweed, which is located at the signal depot at the end of Westdown Road.
More general information about how we manage vegetation on the network can be found on our website here:
If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
