James Barber

Some positive new on the spate of burglaries. This week two burglars were caught red handed on a local SE22 road. It is thought they were responsible for a significant proportion of the recent East Duliwhc burglaries.

Hi Zebedee Tring, I thought it was the high level Brixton station that would need to reopen and would then be served by thre East London Line Extension (phase2) which reopened last December. Hi Yuuna, The only Transport and Works Act (TAW) to have been passed by parliament for this extension had stations at Walworth Road, Westmoreland Road, Camberwell Green. Described as going to Denmark Hill which in my wishful thinking was the train station but on reflection was probably the road in the centre of Camberwell. They had no problems with tunnelling along this route. It was cancelled at a time of austerity in 1950's. It's very common for governments to cancel capital projects but with time this looks very short sighted. The exact proposed station sites isn't really that important at the pre project stage. Any scheme by TfL would use TWA which comes with compulsory purchase powers. At Camberwell I could easilly see it having several entrances/ exits dotted around the main crossroads.

Hi Nigello, I will ask and find out. I suspect it will be around historic patterns of where they can issue the most tickets. But will find out.

Hi olly, At the site meeting organised way back. The Police advice was sight lines AND people not stopping to properly look. COuncil officials suggested that raised entry treatments would help people stop or at least slow down to look. That STOP signs would also encourage this. The entry treatments was relatively straight with some budget juggling by the lead officer who's sadly left Southwark. She was really helpful. The STOP sign at the time needed Secretary of State approval. Tis was refused the first time by his officials. We had to escalate and some rules were changed. How crazy was that. Either way we appear to have dramatically fewer crashes. So we move onto the next junctions. Lordship Lane being 20mph and soon East Dulwich Grove being 20mph help. 1. Lordship Lane from Crystal Palace Road to Upland Road 2. Lordship Lane junction with Heber Road and Townley Road 3. East Dulwich Road with Worlingham

The mere fact of it now being 20mph will reduce speeds by an average of 2-3mph. The government has written to ACPO to insist they enforce 20mph speed limits. The local Dulwich Safer Neighbourhood Team are asking residents to volunteer to help with speed enforcement - anyone interested let me know by email and I'll put them in touch with the relevant Police sgt.

But the regional children's hospital covering us is the Evelina Children's Hospital. GOSH covers area north of the river thames.

Hi olly, Don't believe it's a parking offence. The number of reported crashes at this site have reduced dramatically: Year Number of reported crashes 2009 5 (1 serious) 2010 5 2011 zero 2012 zero So I'm rather chuffed the changes we pushed for have made such a difference. We know crashes can go unreported but assuming the unreported rate is a ratio to those reported it would still show a dramatic reduction. And it took a change in national regs/govt to get the STOP signs isntalled!

At Dulwich Community Council on Wednesday night a number of change to the coach parking bays on Townley Road were agreed. Also the removal of one of the School Keep Clear areas was agreed. Mount Adon Park - some double yellow lining was agreed on tight bends to ensure future fire engine access and rubbish collections go better. Henslowe Road - some double yellow lines at its junction with Underhill Road to improve sight lines and consequent safety. Dulwich Park - agree to allow enforcement of disbled parking beers. Cancelled the proposed 4 hours parking limit. Asked for more detail on what dangerous parking means and the proposed road markings. I voted against waiting to enforce dangerous parking. Sainsburys 357-365 Lordship Lane. We didn't agree with a loading bay as proposed by Sainsburys. Very worrying principle at stake. When the orignal service yard for this site was built over to double the number of flats from 5 to 10 servicing the shop unit sohuld have bene included by the landowner. Asking for public highway to be turned over to make good this deficiency of design by the landowner would set a terrible precedence for future developers. It would also see a nunber of parking spaces disappear.

Sue email me directly. We will get this sorted out ASAP for you.

Last night at the Dulwich Community Council East Dulwich councillors Joanthan Mitchel, Rosie Shimell and I allocated our devlolved highway maintenance budget tto resurfacing Goodrich Raod between Barry Road and upland Road and the eastern end of Pellatt Road. The works should take place 3-6 months time. I wish we had more funds to fix more of our local roads and pavements.

Having a great environment is something we're striving for. But redoing the pavements would cause massive disruption to all those small businesses. So we have some spot repairs around the shoe shop to remove ponding that should be taking place now. Longer term we're apporaching the South Southwark Business Association.

At last nights Dulwich Community Council we had three Thames Water officials talking about the previous Underhill/Lordship Lane burst pipe and Herne Hill. They explained that 12 different mains pipes are in the vacinity of Underhill/Lordship Lane junction. That the burst earlier this year was of a 4" mains. But due to the very hilly nature when they reduced the pressure to keep water available for residents but reduce the damage of the gushing water that water unhill and top floor flats went of. This latest burst is apparently a 6" mains. They exlained that the recent (last 12 months) has seen a doubling in burst main with the cold winter, hot summer, LOTS of rain. This combination means lots of earth movement and pipes bursting.

At last night Dulwich Community Council the Police reported during September 22 burglaries in College ward and 20 burglaries in East Dulwich ward. We have FREE property marking kits for homes in East Dulwich ward. They dramaitcally reduce the chance of being burgled. Email me if you'd like one.

Apologies Spooner how much sugar had I had when I typed that sentence! Latest news is that Southwark Council as the planning authority has said it is happy for the site to have different planning applications for different parts. It removes one of the dept of Health excuses for not freeing up a small part of this public land for a new local primary school.

Hi Mrs TP, Sorry I misunderstaood. Part of the reasoning for this 20mph in particular is a Living Street report called The pedestrian pound. Making the main high street of Lordship Lane should make it better for people to walk around. We've added two extra formal crossings before, had many side roads with raised treatments, improved Goose Green with thrid arm having zebra crossings. Any way the reports key findings: ?Research shows that making places better for walking can boost footfall and trading by up to 40% ?Good urban design can raise retail rents by up to 20% ?International and UK studies have shown that pedestrians spend more than people arriving by car. Comparisons of spending by transport mode in Canada and New Zealand revealed that pedestrians spent up to six-times more than people arriving by car. In London town centres in 2011, walkers spent ?147 more per month than those travelling by car ?Retailers often overate the importance of the car ? a study Graz, Austria, subsequently repeated in Bristol found that retailers overestimated the number of customers arriving by car by almost 100% ?Landowners and retailers are willing to pay to improve the streetscape in order to attract tenants and customers. http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/sites/default/files/content/library/Reports/PedestrianPound_fullreport_web.pdf

Hi Calsug, I'm against developers stating clearly ridiculous things such as closing a car park, adding 8 flats, will see no increase in the alleged non existant parking stress. That having deliveries by HGV along Chesterfield Grove from 6am will not be an issue. Ironically such arrogance is contrary to the M&S brand values I'd imagine M&S are trying to instill in us all. I've promoted a cinema for Lordship Lane. That's hardly any development.

Sorry Loz. PerhaPs i sohuld have said I can't answer your question. I don't know that speeding caused none or all or some of the crashes. But I do speed will make the probality higher of crashes - less reaction time - and the severity higher - more kinetic energy involved.

Fab Malcolm. Well done. If anyone else has an idea for how to improve East Dulwich I'd encourage them to apply for a CGS capital grant - the council deliver the project - and I'd be delighted to offer any advice I can and provide advice about likely costs and whether as local councillors we would lend our support.

What bothers me is no safeguarding of a large enough construction site is taking place at Elephant&Castle. The map I have shows both tunnels currently terminate under the railway bridge at the very northern end of the Walworth Road. The obvious site to safeguard for the required construction IF the council genuinely wants it to come via Camberwell Peckham Rye abutt Elephant Road. Without such a construction site the costs will balloon and it's less likely to take place. Without such a site safeguarded petitions become so much politicl flim flam.

The lower the speed the less severe any consequent crash will be. soo all of the crashes will have some speed element.

Hi HelBel65, Entirely upto the freeholder. But I'd expect them to make a quick decision OR extend Iceland lease beyond January. But Iceland may decide with Xmas and New Year out of the way they'd prefer to not extend. So I'd expect the freeholder to get cracking deciding what they'd like to try next. Hi rch, Thanks for showing such a keen interest. The car wash does cause no end of issues for some Chesterfield Grove residents. So resolving those and potentially them relocating to less problematic location coudl be a win win. But that depends on some pretty big decisions and offers by the current land owners. Thankjs AbDabs. I agree with you all development isnt automatically good as Calsug postulates. HelBel65 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When will we find out?

Genuine question I'd welcome feedback on. Melbourne Grove between Lordship Lane and East Dulwich Grove is in two political wards. Village ward to the west and East Dulwich ward to the east. It has speed cushions already in place and is entirely residential. Northbound average speed 18.2mph but 85th percentil 22.4mph. That means 15% travel faster than 22.4mph. Southbound average speed 17.9mph but 85th percentil 21.7mph. That means 15% travel faster than 21.7mph. So 3 vehicles in every 20 driving at excessive speeds. Do you think we sohuld make this 20mph?

Hi silverfox, Why should I be ashamed? average speeds will come down to safer limits. Fewer people will be injured and the severity will reduce. Over the last five years the total costs for crashes on this section of Lordship lane are estimated to be ?1,332,045. This is based on DoT costs which are UK averages. I would suggest the acutal cost for London would be even higher. Often on this forum you suddenly see a thread that lordship Lane is closed for a number of hours while the mess from a crash is sorted out. We're all paying too high a price for such crashes and this measure of 20mph will help reduce it. But of course people who never get injured or killed never get to say thank goodness it was done. I think you should be asking why Village ward councillors have refused 20mph along the section of Melbourne Grove they share with East Dulwich ward. Mrs TP, The 20mph speed limit has meant many signs from side roads have been removed. Overall signage has been significantly reduce along that section of Lordship Lane.

Hi unlurked, NO I asked whether others on the forum agreed with people on the doorstep that the ares would benefit from a Waitrose or M&S. East Dulwich even on this forum was very divided.

20mph on Lordship Lane between Goose Green Roundabout and it's junction with southern end of Melbourne Grove opposite the now closed East Dulwich Police station. Hi richard tudor, You were walking along Grove Vale from its junction with northern end Melbourne Grove. You weren't on Lordship lane. Not ure about where you've said you spotted exiting 30mph. If it was close to the junction of Lordship Lane with Whateley Road/southern end of Melbourne Grove then that's correct. Hi spider69, Yes the majority were slight. But five were serious. The costs of these is huge according to DoT calculations. If you compare numbers and severity of crashes this now 20mph section of Lordship Lane has more than other local roads. DoT report https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9275/rrcgb2011-02.pdf states cost per minor crash per injured person at ?14,611 alone. or average cost per slight injury of ?23,136. So the annual cost over time of crashes along this section of Lordship lane is huge.