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Can't see anything from plan that suggests ST Francis Road would be proposed route as all the plans seem to still show it as a cul-de-sac. Aside from not being suitable for handling that volume of traffic, the access points at end of cul-de-sac are in private ownership so would be a non starter. Hadley are just testing the water at the moment. Whatever they actually have planned is probably some way off from being revealed.

eastdulwichhenry Wrote:

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> Looking at that pitchero plan, it seems the access

> to Abbotswood estate will be provided by opening

> up the end of St Francis road. This doesn't seem

> acceptable to me - that road is very narrow once

> all the cars are parked up, and often has people

> coming both ways looking for parking spots, even

> as it is. Forcing the road to handle all the DHFC

> traffic as well as all the houses in Abbotswood

> will create a hideous bottleneck.


Is St Francis Rd any narrower than other residential streets in East Dulwich? Looks similar to me. The Abbotswood estate is pretty small and doesn't generate much traffic, but St Francis would become a through road rather than a cul-de-sac so this might make it slightly less desirable.

@eastdulwichhenry, the road access is not the only very unclear thing.


Currently the now slightly reduced in size club carpark can hold around forty cars (reduced by the carwash). During matches we now see between thirty and fifty cars parking along the rear side of the ground, down Abbotswood Road, Burrow Road and even Talbot Road. There is no club carpark on any of the plans and it certainly needs one.

"Sorry if this has been mentioned before but does anyone know why the buses are suddenly announcing "alight here for the Champion Hill stadium"? Doesn't seem like much of a landmark....."


How very dare you.

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