St Aidan's Rd/ Peckham Rye/Forest Hill Rd roadworks

[kiera]

Temporary traffic lights have been installed + a men at work sign where St Aidan's Rd meets Peckham Rye/ Forest Hill Rd, i.e by the 63 bus stop/Herne Tavern. No work was taking place when I passed by just after 3pm, but the temporary traffic lights were being switched on, restricting traffic to one way between Harris Boys school & the Herne Tavern. 

[Penguin68]

8 minutes ago, kiera said:

after 3pm, but the temporary traffic lights were being switched on, restricting traffic to one way between Harris Boys school & the Herne Tavern. 

Oh joy. It's not as if that road hasn't had almost constant work for the last 3-4 months or longer. 

[LordshipPain]

There are now two sets of temporary traffic lights on that bit. There is another 2 sets on Underhill Road and another set on Lordship Lane. There is another set in East Dulwich and I am sure there are more. The reason for all these lights (not the Thames Water lights) is because Labour hates everyone. We are not pure enough. We need to be locked in our "15 minute city" with no way out. Seriously, Labour hates YOU. They hate you because you are rich, or you are poor and have a flag, or you are Jewish or you send your kids to private school or you live in a nice house or you have a good job or you are a minority that won't do as you are told - whatever it is they hate you for it. And they have their horrid little outriders all over this forum guiding, nudging, putting down and being here for years with tens of thousands of comments (on a local forum - utter losers).

[Sue]

1 hour ago, LordshipPain said:

The reason for all these lights (not the Thames Water lights) is because Labour hates everyone. We are not pure enough. We need to be locked in our "15 minute city" with no way out. Seriously, Labour hates YOU. They hate you because you are rich, or you are poor and have a flag, or you are Jewish or you send your kids to private school or you live in a nice house or you have a good job or you are a minority that won't do as you are told - whatever it is they hate you for it. And they have their horrid little outriders all over this forum guiding, nudging, putting down and being here for years with tens of thousands of comments (on a local forum - utter losers).

WTF?

Edited October 13, 2025 by Sue

[tiddles]

Ummm?????

[Spartacus]

Are they digging for Tin Foil again ? 

Obs that the have run out of helmets, hence why no one is actually there. 

[Penguin68]

To be fair the majority of the road works are driven by the now privatised utilities, though much of the work (not Underhill) has been planned, and it's clear nobody within Southwark Council has an interest in considering the whole borough impact of these plans, or in penalising over runs, or, if they are, they're pretty bad about it. The huge over run of the planned work at the Lordship Lane/ A205 being a good example, with all the no work days even within the announced timescale. 

But I do understand an attitude which suggests that the council, and even those councillors representing wards local to us, look on us at best as cash cows to fund the North of the borough, and at worst as annoyances to be ignored. 

An attitude which opens the doors to Reform. 

[Sue]

5 hours ago, Spartacus said:

Are they digging for Tin Foil again ? 

Obs that the have run out of helmets, hence why no one is actually there. 

If memory serves, their last post some time ago was about doing some kind of research  trying to correlate forum members' posting habits with their personalities, or something along those lines.

It's a troll. Their chosen forum name says it all.

I just wonder why they bother,  and what kind of twisted pleasure they get out of it.

ETA: Sorry, I think I may have misunderstood your post and what you were referring to, as you didn't quote anyone?

But I'm keeping my post as it was, in case I didn't!

Edited October 14, 2025 by Sue
Clarification

[kiera]

Still one way and with closed bus stop at the Herne Tavern. Work in progress. Temporary traffic lights controlling several roads and pedestrian crossings, so quite long waits for them to turn Green. Notice on site gives date of completion of works as the 24th.

[Dulwich dweller]

On 14/10/2025 at 09:31, Penguin68 said:

or in penalising over runs, 

I thought TFL had clamped down on the utility companies/ contractors that take to long?

[kiera]

The work is still ongoing. The new date for completion is now given as the 31st. Oct.

[kiera]

The current completion date is 9th Nov. 

[kiera]

Update on publicised completion date - now 16th Nov.

[kiera]

Works now cleared away, two way traffic restored & bus stop at Herne Tavern reopened.