James Barber

Hi Andrew1011, I think what is proposed is probably the best overall compromise in the circumstances. But perhaps we need to check if your perception of speeding is true. Once the speed humps are reinstalled i'll ask if we can have a traffic/speed count. Hi The Palmerston, Let me make a point of looking up tomorrow and coming back to you. Hi riddles, Southwark have no master plan to roll out controlled parking. This consultation is a direct result of over 40 resident complaints about parking stress and asking for controlled parking. Many people on the doorstep on those streets have asked for about controlled parking but of course those that are happy or it's not an issue for them don't raise it. It will be interesting to see what residents input. Councillors input. I've ensured one of the options is for the zone to operate 10-12 to deter commuters but minimise the impact on local businesses and residents - I had asked for 11-12 but practicalities of enforcing that would be a problem hence 10-12.

Hi Andrew1011, I'm not aware of any such legal threat but practically you can't expect double decker no.37 buses to go over speed humps and if they did it would cause vibrations for neighbouring houses. The alternative practically would be to sec the bus route for a period which would leave less mobile people in the lurch. The end result will be a resurfaced Grove Vale and a better crossing for people accessing Goose Green school from north of Grove Vale.

Hi Peckhamboy, Think I've answered your query via a pm. The council is loath to spend money on consultations as that appears as communications along with all the public relations people. So I believe that consultation areas are more narrowly defined now. For resurfacing roads they ask the contractor to do a letter drop at their own expense to homes and businesses immediately abutting the works.

Hi Michael, Zebedee, Thought we'd answered these questions on the forum recently. Have you searched the forum for the answers?

Call 020 7525 2000 and complain. If that fails please email me with your name, address, type of collection missed and date of collection missed.

At full Council Assembly on Wednesday the absolute crime rates for each ward were reported. It showed East Dulwich ward had the lowest number of REPORTED crimes in Southwark. The lowest number was 873 from memory, about 3 per day with bulk being relatively low level crime. This is one of reasons we no longer have a dedicated Police sergeant but share one with Village ward. If you analyse crime per population we're around the lowest/second lowest rate of crimes in Southwark and best quartile in London as a whole and best 5% for inner London. But every crime has victims and often life altering in some way. One of the most hidden and serious categories of crime in East Dulwich is domestic violence fuelled by alcohol. We have 50 licences premises along the 1000metres of Lordship Lane that host businesses. To me that seems saturated and I will seek to have saturation policies regarding licensed premises brought to East Dulwich to help avoid such crime getting worse. What do you think could help reduce crime locally.

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Hi The mnkey and Prickle, Yes and no. If the majority of residents want Controlled Parking Zone and choose the all week day operation choice then yes. But if they choose the 10-12 option then they'd only need a parking voucher if they arrive or leave during that time. I'd just book plumbers etc to arrive after noon or similar. But you would be able to say to visitors you should be ableto park close to the house. It's a trade off.

Attached is copy of a letter being delivered to local homes and businesses today. Their is one spelling mistake of Oglander Road which I'm assured will be corrected for the versino being delivered. The mention of Melbourne Grove humps beign removed - they will be put straight back at the end of the works.

Hi dbboy, This is not my proposal. I want people to be aware of what is proposed and encourage people to comment into the public consultation. Many people receive consultation documetns and before realising what they are put them out for recycing. Hi nielsen99, The gas and water works are from many many decades of underinvestment. But yes I'm sure they could be faster. Delays are from the volume of traffic. More people walking, cycling, taking the bus would help immensely. Also 50% of all cars in Southwark start and end their journeys outside Southwark. If more of those people took trains it would also help make the area more pleasant. Hi the-e-dealer, Yes, I was in the vacinity several times - one gloriously sunny day thinking I was paying attention but obviously in retrospect just enojying the sun. Another late for a meeting at the Harris school and flustered. We do live in a lovely part of the world - especially when the sun is out. Hi Higster, Do respond to the consultation and get your neighbours to respond. The clearer the answer the better for Peckham Rye councillors to act.

Hi alachlan, Two options for the Controlled Parking and both are for Mon-Fri. Hi peterstorm1985, Before Southwark rolled out on street parking for car club cars some residents did exactly what you are suggesting.

Hi prickle, I'll find out 'cos that sounds an excellent dodge to defeat the system. I'd hope the mobile phone was goving some GPS but doubt it. Visitor permits. I'd guess that if they were all ?1.60 then some residents might buy lots of books and sell them on. Most visitors would be weekend and evening for most people. If people decide they want controlled parking I hope they choose the 10-12 option which again would mean most weekday visitors wouldn't be affected.

Hi TE44, It would be interesting to see that Notts information about Veolia costs. Could you get a copy and share it? Thanks for the C4 look up 4OD. Useful. Lets both go and have a look at what Veolia are doing for Southwark?

hi VikkiM, I welcome our joint agreement on protecting essential services. But in February the Labour run council passed a more right wing budget than arch Dulwich Tory councillor Toby Eckersley. He is renounwed for his zealous fiscal prudence but made budget proposals that did not see the need to increase reserves - and he was the executive/cabinet councillor in charge of council finance for two years from 2memory 2006-2008. The proposed alternative budgets by both the Lib Dems and Tories have to by law be counter signed by the councils Finance Director as fully workable. He signed both alternative budgets that did not more than double the councils reservices over the 3 years as fully workable. I don't know how having a legally balanced alternative budget proposal counter signed by the finance director is being dishonest. Pointlessly stashing away many many millions into reserves for a rainy day when it feels like its raining a lot now is dishonest. The latest budget statements showed a ?4M underspend also beign added to reserves. The Labour council has the money please spend it.

Hi ss18, Apparently it is two humps out of thirteen. No details yet on which one's or by how much more than 100mm + tolerances they're out. The more pronounced the humps the less attractive the route for lorries! So correcting these two faults wont help. The only effective way to is to block the road or width restrictions. Both would take some arranging. Width restrictions tend to cause a lot of noise - reversing lorries etc. Blocking the road we'd need to consider where. But the very frst step would be any traffic count data - let me see what Southwark has in its records and if any recent automatic count data and come back here with it.

mrure, it absolutely matters what our streetscape looks like. It affects crime rates.

Hi mummypig, As vehicles vary is size the council wouldn't mark the individual boxes for people to park in. Hi Peterstorm1985, I did;nt read it like that. IF residents want the council to enforce no parking outside their home then thats anyone parknig getting a ticket. If residents don't want that enforcement then they will get blocked in by non friends or family/ take pot luck. Hi alachlan, The council could charge differently for homes with 2nd or more parking permit requests. They;ve not chosne to do that but to be honest the stats I've been shown are that if commuter parknig is removed 2nd cars wouldn't be a problem.

I agree with you alachlan but that's not what the council administration proposed. But an all or nothing apporahc at this stage obviously mean doing nothing. Some residents are so upset with the stress they're currently under that the consultation should definately proceed in my view and take it from there.

hi the-e-dealer, Ha, ha. I even helped with the original design review as chair of Southwark Cyclsits all thsoe years ago. I took a quick look at the attached montage and it wasn't clear an entry treatment existed - eitherway I hope lots of people provide feedback whether for or against. Apologies for missing attachements. The file was over the max allowed and I didn;t notice it hadn't uploaded. I've shrunk the file and now successfully uploaded it.

Today's Southwark News p.50 carries a public notice about a Temporary Traffic Management Order. Can't say how frustrating it is that I have to check newspapers for what and when council officers are doing things to East Dulwich. The order itself is wrong thinking that Ondine Road has a junction with East Dulwich Grove, etc. But piecing it together I think it warns that: Parking will be suspended on Melbourne Grove from its junction with Grove Vale to East Dulwich Grove - presumably as a diversionary route - 20 Octboer -> 5 November. East Dulwich Grove will be closed from its junctino with Lordship Lane to Matham Grove - 22 October -> 30 October - this is to enable a raised table to be constructed at its junction with Lordship Lane to make it safer for pedestrians and vehicles turning and also to resurface the road. From memory this will affect 1-29 & 2-20 East Dulwich Grove and see the no.37 diverted back to its old route. Grove Vale will be closed from its junction with Melbourne Grove to Ondine Road - 8pm to 5am for 6 nights from 30 October to 5 November. Please avoid trying to travel through at these times unless on foot or bike as you're bound to be delayed. I don't think they mean Ondine I think they mean about 50m to the east to ensure they resurface the road where the new Puffin crossing is and to also build a raised table at the Puffin crossing. Copleston Road junction with Grove Vale will be closed - 24 to 31 Octboer to buiild a raised entry treatment/raised table. Any problems or concerns please let me know.

But Renata are you saying you wouldn't be horrified if the 1 O'clock were to close at the same time millions is being put into reservers? Happy to clarify via PM.

I must say whenever I've been in the vacinity its not seemed a rat run. An entry treatment would calm it for kids crossing.

Hi Carrie, These roads are in South Camberwell ward so partly decisions taken by councillors for this ward. Partly where people have complained about parking pressures in the past and partly where a line had to be drawn as the parknig surveys and consultations are expensive and partly that oglander is one way towards Grove Vale and perhaps has less parking pressue compared to other neighbouring roads. If the residents from roads being consulted do agree to Controlled Parking then you might want to see how things go and potentially badger the South Camberwell councillors for when your road will be consulted. Equally those commuters who will park just that much further away should in theory be spread over a much larger area.

Hi jam_log, You live in Peckham Rye ward. As your home is part of a block it isn't part of the food waste scheme being rolled out. Sorry. IF you'd like your site to be included you should ask your neighbours if they'd like to undertake food waste recyclnig and if they agree and Wandle Housing also agree contact your ward councillors - Renata Hamvas would be a good place to start. AND we do have a successful food waste pilot in Friern Road council blocks of flats. Let me obtain the full results for them as it should give you an idea of what is likely to happen.

Hi Vilmos, A detailed parking survey was undertaken. It checked which cars stayed all day down to 1 hour granularity. This survey didn't suggest the parking pressures were school related but commuter related. East Dulwich station use has dramatically increased since the Congestion Charging Zone was implimented - a relatively recent change. Hi ClareC, It would definately be unfair to not ask residents whether they want a solution or not and 40 residents from the area have a made a point of formally contacting council officers to complain. I'm really not sure which way residents will go but the parking survey clearly showed huge pressures on parking during commuter hours. I've had many residents contact me saying they're very unhappy but or course the happy one's wouldn't raise it as an issue. And yes a risk some commuters wont change their habit except to park further from the station and walk. But as with any expanding circle the impact would be diluted over a much larger area. So all in all that would probably be fairer IF that's what residents choose. Hi prickle, Please take a look at the supplementary survey questinoaiires which explains the problem with double yellow lines and the two options residents with drives are being asked about.