On Monday, I joined representatives of neighbouring boroughs to launch a major campaign to secure phase two of the East London Line extension.

Some prominent GLA members also attended, though, regretably not the Southwark and Lambeth representative.

The campaign calls for a commitment by government to funding Phase Two when they announce spending on transport projects in the Autumn.

You can support the campaign by signing up to www.southwark.gov.uk/transport/ellx

Phase two of the East London Line Extension will finally put Peckham on the tube map. This improvement to the transport infrastructure will accelerate the regeneration of Peckham and its approval will bring huge social and economic benefits to this part of south London.

Compared with the cost of projects like Crossrail, this project is cheap as chips – and it could still be built before the Olympics. This and the tram are Southwark’s top transport priorities. We now need the Mayor of London to put this at the top of his wish list so we have the best chance of persuading the Government to fund it in the Autumn.

The East London Line extension will extend and connect the existing line to destinations North and South on the traditional overland rail network.

Phase One will open in 2010, trains will travel South from New Cross Gate as far as West Croydon and Crystal Palace, and north from Shoreditch through Hoxton and Dalston, to Highbury & Islington.

Phase Two will extend the line South-west, through Peckham, Brixton, and Clapham to Clapham Junction. Phase Two is not yet funded, although the powers to build it have already been granted

Please help by signing the petition at www.southwark.gov.uk/transport/ellx