march46

Whilst a 100 yard walk to a safe crossing point might be ok for some, it won’t be for everyone. For some, it makes a real difference. A strategically located crossing ensures that all members of the community - including elderly people, parents with prams, wheelchair users, and others with limited mobility - have a safe and convenient way to cross. As well as improving accessibility it will also be safer - every time a person has to walk out of their way to reach a crossing, there’s a higher chance they’ll be tempted to cross at unsafe points. This is especially true in areas with heavy footfall, families with children, older residents, or people with mobility issues. A well-placed crossing reduces these risks dramatically.

Traffic is backed up due to the temporary traffic lights, understand it’s frustrating now but when the work is finished it will be back to normal Re the pavement widening by the Cherry Tree, have you seen the plans? They’re putting in a new pedestrian crossing which is surely something we can all agree is a positive?

It’s funny because you’re claiming space is being taken away from nature without acknowledging the space was previously tarmac. The council is putting in rain gardens with SUDs which will mitigate against flooding, and there will be new trees to provide shade on hot days like today. Have you seen the plans?

Good to see Lambeth continuing with their borough-wide roll-out of Healthy Neighbourhoods (aka LTNs), prioritising people over vehicles. https://love.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-launches-public-engagement-on-two-new-healthy-neighbourhoodslambeth-launches-public-engagement-on-two-new-healthy-neighbourhoods/

Rashmipat also said: “Look at the Rosendale Road cycle lane: it’s an eyesore, dangerous, and the cause of accidents.” and “And frankly, hardly anyone even uses the cycle lanes.” Hard to believe concerns about air pollution are genuine when they attack cycling infrastructure that’s literally keeping people safe, and giving them the option to not drive, thus reducing air pollution.

Do you have evidence that there is an increase in drop kerb applications in Southwark?

As cars have got significantly bigger in recent times it’s likely any car parked on the drive could overhang the pavement, if it doesn’t meet the minimum requirements. Not good for pedestrians.

Interesting to see Dulwich Village’s Richard Aldwinkle (aka Mr One Dulwich) in the article’s photo of “members of the West Dulwich community who campaigned to scrap the LTN in their neighbourhood.”

Why would I be disappointed?

It doesn’t seem to be the watershed moment you’re hoping for Rockets. 2 of the 3 grounds of challenge were dismissed. The one that was upheld is limited specifically to a 53 page report that the council couldn’t evidence they had taken into account in their decision making. Consultation was deemed lawful. A quote from the judgement: “Although I found that the Council fell into error in how it dealt substantively with the output of the consultation (specifically the 53-page presentation produced by the Claimant), overall I did not harbour any significant concerns about the conduct of the consultation and engagement as a whole. As I noted above, the threshold for finding a consultation process to be so deficient that it is legally flawed is a high one. “

The hyper-focus on one tiny part of Dulwich seems to have become an obsession for some people.

More positive news re ULEZ https://airqualitynews.com/local-government/reduced-sick-leave-among-the-benefits-of-londons-ulez/

https://www.thedulwichestate.org.uk/contact

This webpage has the details of the works underway. https://www.southwark.gov.uk/parking-streets-and-transport/improving-streets-and-spaces/making-our-streets-greener/east-dulwich

Parked cars narrow road space - do you object to those or just improvements for pedestrians?

It’s good to see local councillors are taking this crash seriously, hopefully the police will also. The tyres marks left on the road suggest speed could have been a factor. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FaPQjGu7x/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I’m not sure that would have been any consolation had anyone have been on the pavement at the time it tipped.

It’s terrifying thinking how many people are usually walking along that pavement to school. Really hope no one was hurt.

The work is looking great so far. Conways are cracking through it quickly and to the same high finish that they did in Dulwich Village.

The pavement widening is along the main road, not within the LTN.

Failing to see how some people can be unhappy with planting, trees, SUDs, seating, significant pedestrian improvements including a new zebra crossing to name but a few of the public realm improvements.

Wider pavements are a good thing, and much needed given the high footfall near the station.

A protest?

Could the council put planning conditions in place that would make this impossible?

The only car parking I’ve seen in the plans is for blue badge bays. Suggest you read further than the title.