New road closures coming into force next Thursday affecting East Dulwich

[Abe_froeman]

Yesterday the council published a bunch of TMOs which give effect to road closures including the closure of Peckham rye eastside (and the associated right turn onto East Dulwich Road), as well as those in Townley / Burbage road etc.

Details here: https://www.southwark.gov.uk/transport-and-roads/traffic-orders-licensing-strategies-and-regulation/traffic-management-orders?chapter=5

No doubt this will have an appalling impact on the residents around Barry Road / Forest Hill road on the east of our community.

The Dulwich Village changes may actually improve conditions in East Dulwich Grove, but other people will pay the price for that.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Oh good. Another thread 🤦‍♂️

[Rockets]

Wow, they come in force next Thursday I wonder if that means all the roads get closed then or whether it permits them to install them anytime between Thursday and when they expire. This will be the death knell for these plans as they will cause such chaos that the council will have no option but to remove them all.

I wonder if Cllr McAsh sent his "we're listening" blog as he knows the closure of DV will improve EDG and move the problem off his ward and onto someone else's.....hmmmmmm....

Rahrahrah - feel free to lobby admin to remove this thread as you do every time you read something you don't like! ;-)

[ab29]

Oh great - more people to be treated like second class residents by the council. If anything good is to come out of it is that the Labour will lose hold over Southwark - or at least will have to share - after the next local election.

[JohnL]

Sarah Berry and others have been canvassing in Lambeth for more LTNs

https://brixtonblog.com/2020/10/call-for-many-more-lambeth-ltns/

[JohnL]

ab29 Wrote:

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> Oh great - more people to be treated like second

> class residents by the council. If anything good

> is to come out of it is that the Labour will lose

> hold over Southwark - or at leas will have to

> share - after the next general election.

You mean local elections I think :)

Edit: and labour have the advantage in the next ones IIRC (due to the weakness of the Liberal Democrats nationally at present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark_London_Borough_Council_elections

[ab29]

JohnL Wrote:

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> ab29 Wrote:

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> > Oh great - more people to be treated like

> second

> > class residents by the council. If anything

> good

> > is to come out of it is that the Labour will

> lose

> > hold over Southwark - or at leas will have to

> > share - after the next general election.

>

> You mean local elections I think :)

Oops yes - just corrected it:) Truly p****d off today ;)

[JohnL]

ab29 Wrote:

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> JohnL Wrote:

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> > ab29 Wrote:

> >

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> > -----

> > > Oh great - more people to be treated like

> > second

> > > class residents by the council. If anything

> > good

> > > is to come out of it is that the Labour will

> > lose

> > > hold over Southwark - or at leas will have to

> > > share - after the next general election.

> >

> > You mean local elections I think :)

>

> Oops yes - just corrected it:) Truly p****d off

> today ;)

LOL - I feel the same this week - horrible - just checked the figures and the Liberal Dems need to get a revival nationally to mount a comeback here in 2022 IMHO.

I don't think the Tories have much of a base in Southwark but you never know these days.

[Penguin68]

I don't think the Tories have much of a base in Southwark but you never know these days.

Maybe it's another red wall due to fall, but I suspect that the wealthy middle class socialists who live in London will be the last to give up on 'never vote Tory'. On the other hand, I would certainly consider voting for an independent standing on a 'Dulwich for Dulwich people' ticket. Or indeed a Camberwell ticket, since joining the boroughs was in my view a huge mistake. Indeed, any candidate who was prepared to put the wishes of the majority of their potential constituents first, and not a party ticket, might get my vote.

Should we ever be allowed to vote again. Or will our councillors now be councillors for life, as the Mayor appears to be?

[seenbeen]

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> I don't think the Tories have much of a base in

> Southwark but you never know these days.

>

> Maybe it's another red wall due to fall, but I

> suspect that the wealthy middle class socialists

> who live in London will be the last to give up on

> 'never vote Tory'. On the other hand, I would

> certainly consider voting for an independent

> standing on a 'Dulwich for Dulwich people' ticket.

> Or indeed a Camberwell ticket, since joining the

> boroughs was in my view a huge mistake. Indeed,

> any candidate who was prepared to put the wishes

> of the majority of their potential constituents

> first, and not a party ticket, might get my vote.

>

>

> Should we ever be allowed to vote again. Or will

> our councillors now be councillors for life, as

> the Mayor appears to be?

Yes it's hilarious- if you walk around Dulwich Village and the roads around it at election time all the houses belonging to doctors etc who send their kids to the private schools all have Labour posters in the windows!

[Rockets]

We are caught between the very worst ends of Labour: marxists on one side and champagne socialists on the other....;-)