Some useful info related to Southwark, traffic, LTNs etc

[Earl Aelfheah]

Please stick to the one thread on LTNs

[legalalien]

Decision on Minor Traffic Schemes Batch 1 now made

https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=50025701&Opt=0

In case of interest, the Council Assembly had a cabinet reshuffle at Monday?s meeting, details at https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/b50013249/Tabled%20Papers%20Monday%2024-May-2021%2019.00%20Council%20Assembly.pdf?T=9.

Cllr Rose remains in charge of Transport, Cllr Burgess? job title has changed from Deputy Cabinet Member for Low Traffic Southwark to Deputy Cabinet Member for Clean Air and Active Travel.

Chair of the Environment Steering Commission, Cllr Ochere, has been promoted to Cabinet and put in charge of Jobs, Business and Town Centres. Cllr Johnson Situ steps down from cabinet and Cllr Dennis takes on the Climate Emergency portfolio.

The scrutiny committees have also been reconstituted:

https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/b50013245/Supplemental%20Agenda%20No.%201%20Monday%2024-May-2021%2020.15%20Overview%20Scrutiny%20Committee.pdf?T=9

[heartblock]

How disappointing, I asked for some pay by phone parking spaces for plumbers, builders etc on EDG as no parking for anyone but residents and it seems to not have been taken up.

[northernmonkey]

Assume though that builders / plumbers etc will be visiting residential addresses - if so they can get the residents to provide visitor permits. Cheaper than pay by phone too!

[heartblock]

If you are a resident without a car, you will not have a parking permit, so will not have an account to buy visitor parking. Also it is not the easiest site to navigate and may present an accessibility challenge to some. Some pay by phone on EDG would be useful.

[snowy]

That?s not true

https://www.southwark.gov.uk/parking/parking-permits/on-street-permits/visitor-s-parking-permits

?Visitor's parking permits

You can buy visitor's parking permits if you live within a controlled parking zone (whether you own a car or not).?

[legalalien]

I?m not sure how useful this is, but here?s the Council?s report on Phase 3 of the Our Healthy Streets consultation. Doubtless we will all read it from our own perspectives and draw different conclusions.

https://www.southwark.gov.uk/assets/attach/42203/OHS-Phase-3-Consultation-Summary-Report.pdf

[heartblock]

Yes Snowy, you can buy them, but most people without a car will have not set up an account, so will have to set up an account in order to purchase visitors permits.

The point I was trying to make, obviously not as well as I hoped, is that setting up is not so straightforward on the site, for instance it took over a month to set up mine as the site had issues recognising my address and it also required extra identifying documentation, in the end Councillor McAsh very kindly intervened.

Some people who do not have a car may have accessibility issues when it comes to navigating a 'clunky' site, therefore it might be a nice idea for a few pay-phone visitor parking sites on EDG.

I'm not sure this is an unreasonable request.

[northernmonkey]

It isn't an unreasonable request at all - would definitely make it again. The spaces could be either pay by phone or residents if spaces are a concern. Just bear in mind that pay by phone generally limited to a shorter time than the hours of operation of the permits so may not be the workaround for longer term visits.

[legalalien]

Message deleted as a new thread has been started to discuss LTNs