James Barber

This weekend lots of local streets are joining in and celebrating the Big Lunch with neighbours. it means these streets will be closed to through traffic. So please be patient and leave a little more time if your driving or cycling around this coming weekend. Saturday 6 June: Melbourne Grove (East Dulwich Grove-Jarvis Road) 3-6pm Sunday 7 June: Arnott Road 10am-7pm, Archduke Road 12-7pm, Ardbeg Road 10am-5pm, Bellenden Road 12-6pm, Colby Road 9am-9pm, Desenfans Road 11am-9pm, Elsie Road 12-9pm, Friern Road 10am-6pm, Goodrich Road 1-5pm, Gowlett Road 11.30am-7pm, Jasper Road 12-8pm, Keston Road 12-9pm, Nutbrook Street 11am-5pm, Stuart Road 11am-8pm, Tarbert Road 10am-7pm. If any of the organisers have any problems they need help with please let me know. Cllr Rosie Shimell and I have helped sort lots of problems with closing streets for community events over the years. My favourite when I led the closure of The Cut on a Friday and even managed to get Ken Livingstone on a cycle - admittedly one built for 7 people. I'm hoping one day some neighbours will agree to have something like the Park Street in Bristol waters slidehttp://www.lukejerram.com/projects/urban_slide but perhaps I;m getting a little ahead my self. Have fun everybody.

Hi howdood, I posted what I'd found out a few weeks ago http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,336529,page=142 18 May 11:11 response I posted.

Only 14 so far spider69. Most living on roads that would be affected and positive which surprises me. And yes SE22 goes to all local houses to North Cross Road and for some distance around. But Cllr Rosie Shimell and I will also be door knocking and leaving a letter asking for views. IF most people are interested or against we'll explain that to officers who THEN would go through a formal consultation. This would be reported to the Dulwich Community Council for a local decision. Then if recommended it would have formal consultation on the traffic order. spider69 it is likely you'll be sick of the subject before anything happens.

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All of Southwark is an Alcohol Control Area with the exception of East Dulwich, Village and college wards - Dulwich Community Council. The boundary for this is East Dulwich Road so the playground is IN the area of control. In that area the Police or Community Wardens can confiscate any alcohol if they think the drinkers are causing a nuisance. If people refuse to hand over sad alcohol they can be arrested / fined ?500. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200030/community_safety_and_enforcement/405/drugs_and_alcohol/3 But are these people causing a nuisance. I haven't seen anyone suggest they area. At least their children have proper play equipment there rather than a pub garden.

Knocking on doors is a classic way to establish if someojne is in or not. People are most likely to be burgled in the first 6 months of moving in UNLESS they accelerate getting to know neighbours - ask them round for a drink, get involved with a Big Lunch event if it's happening on your street. And if you see something odd I would suggest the first port of call is the Police 101 no emergecny number. It operates 24/7 whereas the neighbourhood Police don't operate 24/7.

The playgroud is in the majority of Southwark where 'street drinking' is illegal under a Southwark bye law. But is it causing a problem? If you think it is then report it to the Police via 101 the no emergency phone number. I would counsel that it is unlikely to be a problem worth the police time.

This suggestion came in response to my and Cllr Rosie Shimell request for the Friday parking restrictions to largely be removed - they're pointlessly catching people out when the Friday market barely exists. So far Nutfield Road residents who've responded to me are in favour IF it's made clear at the other end that the road is closed and not a through route - keen to avoid lots of reversing vehicles. What do people think? THANKS nxjen.

Hi Jennys, Can you expland on that please - generic issue? Not beign done every 48 hours? which streets being missed? or not done thoroughly? We have had a number of streets with these problems at different times in East Dulwich - so any feedback on concerns really appreciated. But I need to be quite specific to get things monitored.

Hi wonderwoman, Three council teams are on the case. One to keep it clean every day and this location is apparently getting extra scrutiny. Second to educat the flats above those shops about their waste collection arrangements. Third is enforcement. Clearly this wont have an instant impact but we should see an improvement over the next fortnight.

Hi sbain, A number of years ago I organised a wheehciar accessible roundabout in Dulwich Park playground. Presume it's still there? Then orgnaised a couple more dotted across Southwark from all the follow=-up requests. Another facet we should all feed into the consultatinop taking place later this year. Hi Jakido, The picture you've linked to is similar to what was tried with Goose Green Playground. Not as much space as in the picture and the intensity of use at GG meant the grass didn't ast long and had to be replaced. We do have adventure playgrounds dotted around but they're obviously not suitable for toddlers.

Well said Dude909. When the reception pupil crisis was calcualted to be 215-235 by 2015 Southwark Council had no plans to close that gap. I wasn't in favour of academies/free schools but as the only show in town for what must be a dozen years now since the Tony Blair education act, compunded by Gove, we put political posturing to one side. Sadly many still haven't from reading some of the posts on this thread. We asked local schools whether they would be willing to open a free school or two to close that gap. The Harris Federation were the ONLY provider willing to open a primary school and under pressure from us said they would consider a second. We persuaded the Judith Kerr Primary school to choose Dulwich rather than their preferred Rotherhithe or Lambeth. Since then several have joined the bandwagon since which is great and we've given them lots of practical help as well. We didn't know this would happen later and alone it would not have solved that gap. Without Harris responding to our requests, people signing up in droves, and Harris agreeing to help our community we would now have 120 families and another 60 on the way ver year with no school places for their children. So please, get behind this school as we all need it to be successful at serving our local comumnity.

Tell me about it! This thir time suggested and being follwedup by officers that the problem seems to have started when the road was resurfaced so the control loops that might have been damaged are gonig to be checked this time. Fingers crossed.

Hi Oxymodo, Synchronicity - I received a PM earlier today from someone else asking the same quesrtion and then an email from them. I have raised this with council officers - asknig that the residents above all those shops have the current system explaiend so they jnoe when and what to put out. I've also asked why the street cleaning people either havent asked for help resolving this or don't have a mechansim to do this. Hopefully both together will get this sorted. But we have a mroe general problem in this part of East Dulwich looking down at heal. So I hope to get local residents together in the next few weeks to talk about what we can do to make it better.

Bizarre. Still awating an answer - will chase.

Last weeks planning sub-committee A we approved change of Vodafone cell site in Dulwich Village from 3G to 3G&4G. It shouldn't take more than few weeks for the upgrade to happen.

Hi ITATM, Plans are afoot to enable step free access to Peckham Rye station platforms. But they're moving at glacial pace! We really need London Overground to take over these routes/stations - they make the platforms level with the trains to significantly boost speed of gtting on and of off trains. also mean wheelchairs asnd buggies much easier to use through the system.

Hi Green Goose, Yes, something can be done. Nothing to stop a business sharing a contract with another business/es to spread the cost - such a business as you've described would clearly pay a small proportion. I have in the past suggested to the South Southwark Business Association they organsie a collective contract saving lots of money and most lcoal businesses waste collections would then be coordinated. Hi jammyaileen, Graffiti removed.

That's very kind Sue and Jennys. Hi LD929, Nigello, Zebra crossings vs. Pelican/Puffin crossings - the allter prioritises pedestrians and are quite hard on busy roads to persuade TfL to allow. The latter TfL prefer as it limits pedestrian crossings - they don't like isntalling Puffin's anymore but Sotuhwark Prefer them despite research showing bad idea. To me more instresting is getting diagonal crossing of the traffic lights at East Dulwich Road/Adys Road/Crystal Palace Road. That would really aid people getting to/from the playground/school. Once we have the Townley Road/East Dulwich Grove diagonal crossing in place I will push to get one at Goose Green as described. Can you wait 1-2 years?

Hi Chief, Yes all commercial businesses are required to have commercial waste contracts. If you think they don't please email as I'll get it checked out. Quite often new businesses aren't aware of this requirement. Hi jammyaileen, Yes, I have reported it and usually it gets removed within 48 hours. For future if you spot any graffiti you can email [email protected] giving the ocations, attaching a photo can help. If you copy me IF you ever see racist of sexist graffiti please email me direct with photo and I'll try and get it removed within a couple of hours. Very rare but everyone tries to get that sort removed with gusto. Hi sdrs, I have reported it and hopefully this time being the third attempt will have better luck. TfL who control all the lights will review again but this time also the Project Manager for the recent resurfacing so they can check the ground loops that trigger the lgihts haven't been damaged. fingers crossed we nail this this time. Hi Burbage, I've reported and asked for the missing cycle parking to be replaced. I don't recall this cycle parking but eitherway we'll get it checked out.

I'm bemused. If the timings of phases have not changed just the order then somehow the capacity has been reduced. Cookie - what you've described would be/is dangerous. But I've often seen traffic queuing towards Melbourne Grove before and since the changes. Hi BNG, It feels safer crossing as cars from Townley road aren't jumping the lights into the pedestrian green phase as they were before. This might be reducing the capacity of E-W along East Dulwich Grove if this is taking place into their green traffic phase. Bigger concern is when the UTC is switched on. I believe this will mean variable phasing from a central computer to try and smooth traffic. Hi jonl5, Hopefully it wont be so bad the through route doesn't have to be closed which would inconveniece people.

Hi Aaron, Have you thought of approaching a large bike shop to see if you could open within their premises as sub tenant. OR try a stall at the North Cross Road market. OR perhaps a mobile store that you can take to skateparks. Perhaps worth doing something online to get started while other optinos crystallise. GOOD LUCK.

Looking at www.crashmap.co.uk very few reported crashes - http://www.crashmap.co.uk/Search the Southwark Councul online map used to have an option to show all traffic and speed counts - but the option has vanished again. I'll ask if we can have this restored with the latest data so you can see the average speeds, highest speeds, etc. With so few crashes it would be unlikely to warrange central council funding - we have so many more locations with many more crashes. But in East Dulwich ward we've used Cleaner, GReener, Safer funding to install traffic calming measures. Full sinusoidal humps gonig the whole way across the road typically cost ?1,800 each and are needed every 50-70 metres. Plus you need to cover the admins, legal stuff, public notice which typically adds another ?5,000 unless this can be piggy backed with other works. If you undertake a detailed survey asking people if they#d like full speed humps or no change then you can really jump start this. Typically you'll need to visit repeatedly every home - worth leaving a note people can sign and drop at your home. With a clear majority wanting it things can be implimented much quicker. The next round of CGS will be late Autumn for works in the next financial year sdtarting 1 April. Hope this helps.

It appears the Murco Petrol Station 13-19 East Dulwich Raod is being replaced by a 24/7 BP Service Station from 26 May.

This is the response I've had - and as a pedestrian it does feel an improvement: " Dear Councillor Barber Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding changes to signal timings at the Townley Road/East Dulwich Grove junction. The signals at this junction, as with all others in London, are controlled by TfL rather than the council. New UTC control equipment has been installed at the junction, however TfL have confirmed that the site is currently running under local control as previously, and not controlled from the central computer. The signal timings have not been changed from before the UTC infrastructure was installed & commissioned however the signals stage order has been revised for what they consider to be greater capacity and efficiency. It is likely that this is the change that has been observed, which includes the pedestrian stage appearing after the East Dulwich Grove eastbound right turn rather than Townley & Green Dale. This change was not requested by the council. The signal staging and timings will be further altered on completion of the junction improvement works. Concerns such as this can be raised directly with TfL via Report It. I trust this answers your concern adequately but please contact me if you require further information. " urbanfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > James, are you able to find out what has happened > to the traffic phasing at > http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5 > ,1426742,page=30 - its causing daily traffic tail > backs? > many thanks