Friern Road closure at Peckham Rye

[indiepanda]

ajdoc Wrote:

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> By the way these are 11 year olds, surely they

> can find their own way to school? This obviously

> doesn't apply to everyone, but I would have

> thought most family's could give the no car day a

> trial.

Yes - I have never understood why a child of that age needs to be driven to school. I used to get the bus for 7 miles from my home and then walk another mile. And I reckon a lot of the kids aren't going anything like that far.

[floyd]

It's interesting to read this post about what is happening at one end of Friern Road. I live at the other end, close to two primary schools and would love to see it blocked off in a similar way. We are a rat run for traffic avoiding Barry Road and/or taking a short cut to Lordship Lane and the South Circular. Higher speed bumps were added recently but this work stopped at the junction with Goodrich Road, meaning that at the top end of Friern Road the traffic can really put their foot down. The road was blocked off a few years ago (ironically due to gas works I believe)and the change was startling. I'm wondering why one end of the road is more of a priority than the other, or if we at the top end of the road are paying the price for the traffic calming measures further down the road?

[puzzled]

this closure is ridiculous. it is not a rat run, any other than any other non-main road. I use it daily to get home from lordship lane and have done for many many years. it is never busy and there is never a queue to get out onto peckham rye. I never see anything approaching a lorry using it... apart from the dustcart every week. they have already closed two roads at the top of this road. the whole anti-car thing is bonkers. I sometimes feel cllr barber will not be happy until he has wiped cars of the face of the world. since when has it been an accident blackspot? it is all just another excuse to interfere in our perfectly reasonable and perfectly safe movements around our local streets.

[the-e-dealer]

Monitoring has shown that it has substantially more traffic than other 'non-main' roads. There is often a queue onto Peckham Rye in the Morning . Especially during School Drop off again in the Morning . Lorrys often come through through out the day.

[Masterblaster]

I support the closure, and please ignore the car lobby. Cars have enough of London.

[Big D]

One of the reasons this road is used is because it is so difficult to turn right out of Barry Road onto Peckham Rye. Another idea could be to make it one way onto Peckham Rye if traffic really is an issue.

[the-e-dealer]

Or make major improvements to Barry Road Junction.

[Renata Hamvas]

The consultation forms are on their way to local residents

Renata