rollflick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > https://www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2020/jul/rye-lan > e-temporary-closure > > Rye Lane is being made walking and cycling only > from Monday 6 July, with buses diverted and > trolleys to help shops with loading. Seeing how > busy the footways have been, this seems months > overdue, so better late than never for social > distancing. The change may last longer than COVID > as it will help the works around Peckham Rye > station. > > This change will increase motor traffic on > Bellenden Road and Camberwell Grove however, as > happened during the closure for gas works. > Camberwell Grove forms part of cycleway 17, the > same route Carlton Avenue is on. Clearly the > council will need to take urgent measures to > filter rat-running through this area too. What a terrible decision and one that was made during the Covid situation! Many vulnerable people i.e. people that cannot walk or cycle to local destinations are now finding bus routes etc. suddenly stopped.