James Barber

Hi hopskip, I don;'t think you;'re correct. Melbourne Grove residents originally asked for full width road humps to replace the current ones that can be ignored. A fellow East Dulwich councillor suggested to them several options including closing the road at the northern end. The residents then went door to door on Melbourne Grove and obtained a majority of residents on their road agreeing. They attended a Dulwich community Council asking for it to be closed immediately. Councillors agreed to fund a small study into options and consequences. The Terms of Reference for that study have not yet been agreed - this is likely in September/October. I'd anticipate the study reporting back early in the new year. councillors will then decide how to proceed. Most potential solutions would require a public consultation. Replacing the current road humps with full width I don't believe would legally require a consultation. If we decide on an option/s requiring a public consultation then Id anticipate that being late Spring 2016 for a decision June/July 2016 for implementation of whatever is agreed after the consultation in about 13+ months time. hope this helps.

Hi rch, Officers also told us a pedestrian crossing outside Somerfield/Coop wasn't possible. But in reflection I'd need some convincing that closure close to EDG would be practical. Have asked for Terms of Reference and hope they can be largely aligned to this later petition. I've not heard of any formal diversionary routes for buses being in place. So I don't think that an argument. Buses could be diverted down Barry road/East Dulwich Road in the extreme example of Lordship Lane being totally blocked. I think the most compelling argument is avoiding sending lot of residents down Matham Grove and the horrid right turn onto Lordship Lane to then access their street.

Hi landsberger, If Harris ED Girls had less than 100 new starter they'd go bust eventually. They certainly wouldn't have had the confidence to change admissions to a lottery based system. And They've just had a leap in GCSE results. So I take your comment with a pinch of salt without some actual evidence. Or is their more context to your comments? Hi first mate, I would have been consulted via the DCC meetings and papers.

They work well when low densities of each. But we all want the Peckham Coalline to be immensely successful.

As a former cycle campaigner and keen cyclist - some places aren't suitable for cyclists. Asking them to dismount for sections is unlikely to work. Funding should avoid using cycle funding as it makes people cycling feel they have access rights - understandably. much of the southbank riverside walk was funded with London Cycling Network budgets. no ne imagined how popular the area would be or that cycling would become impractical. But it does stick that so much cycling money was blown on something you can no longer cycle. The New York highline doesn't have cycling - guess they might make an exception for little children cycling but I never spotted any. It was a great experience and appears a key contributor to helping some deprived areas revitalise. It is of a very high landscaping standard.

Hi Trinidad, Everything you say is true. I just think Southwark Council Housing Department is too big even with area offices. It doesn't seem capable of doing granular. The contract management either isn't resourced well enough or isn't using the right tools/levers. And yes, clearly any work should seek resident feedback - how else can they have meaningful scorecarding of the supplier and get to the root causes of issues.

Hi dbboy, It is: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200456/southwark_streetscape_design_manual_ssdm If anyone could help fully review it and critique it - I'd really welcome the help and insights. Long over due.

These are all as per the Southwark Street Design Manual - and yes Southwark has decided to apply it's own standards. Expensive ones.

Council officers assure me it is working fine. Seemed fine Wednesday evening when I used them.

Great project. If it become incredibly popular cyclists will find other quicker routes. You might like to ask the local community council and councillors if they could allocate some of their Cleaner, Greener, Safer underspends to immediately help. Also the next round of CGS for financial year 16/17 opens for applications 7 September. I can't wait until it opens.

From all the casework I've dealt with and currently dealing with. Wherever possible buy the freehold from Southwark Council - I know that wont apply to many - but if it does buy it. You are then in control of what happens. I'd be amazed if you couldn't negotiate better quality and pricing than Southwark.

Hi Siduhe, That really helpful Siduhe. I will ask why this is changing and whether having been assured no changes were occurring it appears one has and are their any others. Hi Richard tudor, Are you referring to the Southwark Labour Party 2014 council election manifesto?

Hi Charles notice, I thought I had. With the necessary caveat that I've not made a final decision as I've not had all the facts. Hi EDAus, Tricky. increased visibility often results in greater speeding. Catch-22. Full humps positioned better than current ones could help.

FMConway were selected for a term contract. It will have followed OJEU processes. So please don't libel people who udner took this. It is apparently one of the cheapest deals in London - I attended a riveting highway maintenance conference hosted by TfL a couple of years ago. So cheap that it didn't make sense for Southwark to join a sub regional amalgamated consortium of local councils. But you usually pay for such deals in service. Equally Southwakr specifies the materials. Clearly we need to get Southwark to review the materials they select for global warming impact - shipping from China - supply chain delays, if you run out it takes a while to restock. Even if the materials headline pricing might be cheaper. Either way 7 September.

Latest crash data show two crashes Melbourne Grove / Ashbourne during 2014. www.crashmap.co.uk well worth a look at the area in general.

I've just had the answer that these works will be completed 7 September. The delay due to obtaining kerb stone - weirdly not ordered sufficiently before the works started and that they have to be imported. You could not make this up.

Hi skylorikeet, Sadly as an opposition councillor I'm limited in being able to help solve that. It is immensely frustrating. But this is what I'm doing to try and solve this generic problem: I have submitted an FOI asking for information of when works are due to start, when they, when they are due to finish and when they actually finish for the last three years road works Southwark undertakes. I suspect this information will highlight a systemic issue and I can then ask formal questions about when and what will be done to solve this. It does appear FMConways don't have sufficient resources to undertake the works Southwark request of them.

Yesterday evening I had the opportunity to ask officers about when the junction will reopen. He stated is will be safe to open for 2 September new school year but wont be totally finished. So presumably finishing pavements in places.

Hi richard tudor, I've always said it sounded like a good idea from Cllr Charlie Smith. That I would listen to further evidence before making up my mind and I still say that. Should the southern end be closure be proposed, expensive buildouts, replacing the current speed cushions. But to me doing nothing wouldn't be an acceptable answer. The evidence on this thread hadn't had that effect.

The Alleyns Bursar has been in touch with me in response to a query from me. They have apologised directly to those that have contacted them about this noise event. It was the first wedding reception they've hosted in a marquee with music. They will not take such bookings again to avoid the risk of this noise problem ever happening again.

I will try and get a copy of draft Terms of Reference and share hear. After having a useful debate with some residents last night. I'm really not clear closing Melbourne Grove southern part close to East Dulwich Grove would work. Sending residents of local streets via Matham Grove and the horrible junction it has with Lordship Lane would make sense. But as I've said before until we have a feasibility of the possible options and consequences I've yet to make my mind up.

It now looks very close to completion.

Hi Pugwash, Getting Southwark to remove scaffolding is a regular item of casework in the last 3 years. If you email the exact address today I'll chase or I'll take a look in person over the weekend and then chase. Hi landsberger, Pupil number for primary school. I met with council officers about pupil numbers as their reports stated we have an over supply of 60 reception places and each year. I then contacted all local Dulwich Primary schools and discovered we have an over supply of 20 places. !6 at Dulwich Woods Primary schools and the rest sprinkled around. So the officers report was significantly wrong. We need Harris ED Primary school and without it would currently have a shortage per year group of 40 places in local schools. One can't help the feeling the school number forecasts are politically driven. Hi artfuldgodger, first mate, The parking consolidation order? I've been assured in writing that this consolidation order involves no changes to any parking but rather amalgamates a large number of smaller order. That such amalgamations is considered good practice in the parking enforcement profession. If its about the introduction of 1 hour parking locally. Labour stood on a platform in 2014 of introducing this. We even had a Labour councillor elected as one of the three East Dulwich councillors on that platform. I have always told officers I'm against changing free parking around Lordship to 1 hour parking restrictions. This has been discussed at the Dulwich Community Council. But the several parking places they talked about I don't think will make a material difference and I'm not aware DCC agreed to any. The prime problem we currently have is shop owners parking all day on Lordship Lane and existing parking plates stating parking restriction being repeatedly removed making parking restriction enforcement impossible. One small victory was getting parking enforcement to adopt the approach Cathedrals ward Lin Dem councillors highlighted to officers to remove the car parking outside the shop at the northern end of Lordship Lane. I'm rather chuffed we've made that happen after all those years of trying.

residents have two options. Either buy their own food waste bags or give up on food waste recycling. Please do stick with the system even if the council is making it less attractive without free bags. Hi Bellenden Belle, Why not get involved in Bromley local politics whatever your political philosophy and changes things.

Southwark Labour are about to introduce charges for bulk waste collection - have any clear outs now while still free. Proposal is ?15 per collection.