Goose Green Roundabout Traffic Chaos

[Zak]

Were these road works planned? There seems to have been no warning and yesterday’s traffic up and down Lordship Lane was chaotic.
Anyone know how long they will take? 

[Alan Medic]

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According to one site I looked at, until August 17th.

Don't know how that 'quote' got included twice as I didn't mean to quote anything.

[Sue]

What are the roadworks for this time? 

[exdulwicher]

1 hour ago, Sue said:

What are the roadworks for this time? 

Gas works

[ed_pete]

 

[Spartacus]

If only "back to the future" was accurate as in 2015 cars could fly... no more gas works chaos but sadly they can't and we have to put up with it for a few more months. 

I wonder when using fossil fuels to warm our houses will be a thing of the past and all these lovely new pipes will be dug up as they will be obsolete? 

[jazzer]

Got caught up in the roadwork delays earlier this afternoon. They are digging up one half of the road around the roundabout if that makes sense and all traffic has to use the other half with traffic lights controlling the flow. Avoid if yo can, probably added 20 mins to the journey time. 

[CPR Dave]

I had to get Stratford yesterday and my sat nav took me south first then up Underhill Rd and across Newlands Brockley and through New Cross rather than the usual route up East Dulwich Rd and Nunhead etc.

[Angelina]

Best avoided unless journey is essential to that area. Lots of alternative roads

Three people standing around, no work going on. 

Edited Wednesday at 17:29 by Angelina

[kiera]

The timetable was posted on here in May by Iainj as "gas works gridlock this summer" 

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/361036-gas-works-gridlock-this-summer/#elControls_1705588_menu

Extract:-

 Phase two

Our engineers will start work on 16 June for approximately ten weeks in East Dulwich Road between the junctions of Worlingham Road and Peckham Rye. We will need to install temporary multi-way lights for the duration of the work.

 Phase three

From 28 July for approximately four weeks, we will be working in Lordship Lane, Spurling Road and Worlingham Road at their junctions with East Dulwich Road.

Our work in Lordship Lane will take place from the junction with East Dulwich Road to the junction with Zenoria Street. Temporary multi-way lights will be installed for the duration of the work. 

The junction of Spurling Road and East Dulwich Road will be closed with a signed diversion in place.

The junction of Worlingham Road and East Dulwich Road will also be closed with a signed diversion in place.

[Spartacus]

If only Southwark hadn't just sealed off the ends of the roads leading into Grove Vale as thats stopped traffic bring diverted away from the roundabout.....

[Dulwitch]

I don't imagine anyone considered the potential need for such diversions when they closed off every available route to which might have been used to alleviate the mayhem. I'm afraid they are too focussed on their agenda to ever think that far ahead. Nice, massive build up of emissions for anyone unlucky enough to be in the area 

 

 

 

 

[malumbu]

You could say that about every road they've closed to traffic, made one way, dead end etc over the last 50 years.  They were doing this long before LTNs were introduced.  If you are concerned about pollution then simply reduce your driving and other ways you contribute to emissions.  Get a seat by the road and see how many vehicles have one person in them.  Something going wrong somewhere.

[first mate]

The unintended consequences of Southwark's multiple, simultaneous roadworks seems now to have affected bin collection in some areas.