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So much money spent to make a few roads 'gated' and 'safe' while all the other roads remain, potholed, noisy, unsafe, polluted, bad for cyclists, pedestrians and drivers. Well done Southwark and well done everyone that supported this ridiculous green-washing and extremely expensive exercise. I do hope you all enjoy the Morris Dancing in the square of shame though. If only we had great public transport, pedestrian crossings where they are needed, mandatory private school transport or even better only local schools and no long-distance private schooling, local transport links and pedestrian/cycle lanes with some imagination and thought...

East Dulwich Grove doesn't matter to Southwark Council as 'not residential' and 'not a neighbourhood'. I think the money spent on Dulwich Square to allow for Morris Dancing and Victoria Sandwich competitions will help make ED Grove a much safer street for pedestrians, cyclists and the 'non-neighbourly' residents.

I have to dodge bikes both human driven and electric ..plus scooters every day walking to Herne Hill station...also, how much is the square of shame pretty-ing up going to cost? I would have though that the Village has access to huge swathes of parkland and that this money might be better spent on providing free school meals for children in the borough that are not residents of one of the wealthiest areas of the UK.

I think there are so many rules about what they cannot sell...in order to not disturb the peaceful enclave, that it will fail - then the residents will be happy in their gated community. Still can't way for the death metal live music venue to open in the old hairdresser site.

You are just imagining this traffic...it's not really there ...and LTNs make everything better.

Southwark will not do anything about it - have had the same issue with a speed bump - all three properties that complained that 7 years of the 'new' speed-bump have caused damage to 130-year-old previously sound properties - and have all had to make repairs to walls and windows - Southwark refuse to admit it is due to the speed-bump and vibrations from buses, HGVs and skip-carriers.

I think there will be no market on Melbourne ever - the residents do not want anyone on 'their' road.... and the Council will comply with that request. Street parties are ok.... as long as it isn't infiltrated by 'outsiders'.

Turn it into a skate park and music venue.

A reminder of the Blair legacy to the NHS...and no, I don’t trust Keir or Wes! https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/12/nhs-hospital-trusts-to-pay-out-further-55bn-under-pfi-scheme?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I have worked in the private sector and the NHS, trust me, in the private sector profit comes first and quality second. Defunding the NHS is a political tool to increase waiting lists and force people to seek private alternatives... this will continue until there is no NHS left. If you can’t see it then your eyes are closed. Yes the original contract excluded medical doctors... do you know why? They wouldn’t support the NHS because they didn’t want to lose all that lovely money they made. Every other health professional fully supported the NHS. PPI killed the NHS - making a fortune out of ‘new builds; charging £200 to change light bulbs in the PPI building for example - all work was charged at an excessive rate to make profit for private companies... Golden Jubilee Wing at Kings being a prime example. Rant over..😏

Sadly Wes Streeting and Starmer seem ok with private healthcare in the NHS... it’s all very depressing.

Here is Southwark, dismissing any causality that LTNs have increased congestion and journey times in their report in Sept 2021 ' in the absence of any other changes' - when bus journeys had been prolonged due to LTN implementation according to TFL and the Council themselves recorded increased times on Croxted, EDG, LL and Grove Vale. 'As can be seen, speeds significantly increased in the first lockdown, and less so in the second, before slowly returning towards, but remaining slightly above, pre-COVID levels. It could therefore be expected that in the absence of any other changes, bus speeds in Dulwich would have followed similar patterns.' Quite clearly the comment 'it could therefore be expected'.. basically saying the journey times would have been longer even if LTNs were not implemented is spin... and TFL have exposed this with their report. LTNs cause increased congestion on our roads. Fact!

Just a friendly reminder that TFL has said that LTNs in Dulwich have increased congestion and made bus journeys longer on residential boundary rds.

It was never about reducing pollution, it was always about closing roads for certain people who have been lobbying the Council for years to close their road. One only has to go back to some pre-Covid forum pages to see posts from those living in closed now. They closed roads due to Covid and then kept them closed while scrabbling around for ‘evidence’ ...it’s placating certain residents who are wish-washy voters for Labour, they know the poorer and high ethnic population roads (main roads with cheaper housing) are very likely to always vote labour. It’s quite disgusting , greenwashing and only caring about gaining votes. That actual Councillors live in LTNs is an additional repulsive aspect of this ‘policy’. Meanwhile building on green spaces in the poorest areas with high traffic, allowing trees just planted to die through lack of care, selling off our park space for profit and providing less than a tenth of the original number of social housing on the Heygate redevelopment. It’s not a Council for the most in need, it’s a career building project for some very vainglorious individuals. There are a few Councillors I respect..including some of the newer ones, but I wonder how long it will take for their ethics and morals to be eroded. LTNs - a vanity project for the privileged few.

It’s all in TFLs imagination...bunch of anti-green, motor-head, climate denying yobs!

Isn’t the LCC designing it? 😳 The appropriate thought and investment into a proper redesign that favours pedestrians, who are the most vulnerable, is not going to happen...it will be ‘designed’ by those who have the ear of the council, and live in a gated rd on the cheap. In any case, hopefully not using the person who designed the terrible EDG, Townley Rd, Greendale junction.

Thanks Sue...we might pop along..

There is an excellent debate about legal routes into the UK on GMB...Well done James. I hope you are all ok. The Daily Mail is poisonous.

Jimmy Hill.. I?m old enough to remember in the 70{S 80{S) maybe? it meant lying or at least over-egging a truth...something to do with his chin. One could also just rub one?s chin... don?t ask me why but this is a terrible explanation by the Urban Dic https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jimmy%20hill

Maybe they will exchange a sandwich for a goat, a suck of ham and an offer to wattle and daub their outhouse?

RIP bunting thread...

When is the peak pollution data for ED Grove going to be published...interested in what I?m breathing in every morning.

It was crap on ED Grove...smelly pollution all the way down...and Labour/Councillors have magically disappeared....

So much money spent over 4 days while children live in poverty... I can?t think of any reason to visit a shop just because it has a bit of plastic bunting.

Aaah the spirit of kindness and decently constructive criticism ?don't rate their community spirit or their commitment to helping all retailers out after a torrid time? Putting a few plastic flags up? There are many other quieter ways of showing support for fellow retailers and giving back to the community and this judgemental and unpleasant comment is really not in the spirit of any words that have been expressed by the Queen.