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I'm a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth; this blog mainly covers that, sometimes general politics and policy and occasionally anything else that takes my fancy.
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Clapham Common Northside consultation
Following on from my last post about the no right turns from Clapham Common Northside, the consultation letter and form should now have been delivered to houses to the south of Lavender Hill. The consultation runs until 16 March 2012. If you didn’t receive your consultation letter, or missed it, you can download the letter
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Also tagged Clapham Commons Northside, management, no right turn
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Clapham Common Northside
I sometimes wonder if introducing the no-right turns on Clapham Common Northside is the worse thing the council has ever done. That was a rhetorical statement, I’m fully aware there are plenty of decisions made by the council that some find very controversial. However, since its introduction the no-right turn has been a consistent source
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Shaftesbury Park 20mph zone
Transport for London have finally started working on the entry treatments to the Shaftesbury Park Estate that will make it a 20mph zone. Local residents will know that equipment and stock from the works they did to the entries to Amies Street have sat on Sabine Road for some time. And Wandsworth Council have been
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Shaftesbury Park Estate 20mph zone
I’ve posted about this a few times before, but investigated a little further when asked by a resident recently if it was still happening. They had not seen any of the works they expected taking place. I was also a little confused when Transport for London (TfL) started working on the other side of Latchmere
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Also tagged 20mph, Shaftesbury Park Estate, TfL, traffic calming
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Stormont Road and indecisive public consultation
The results of the council’s consultation on traffic control in the Stormont Road area (which in reality is most of the roads between Clapham Common and Lavender Hill) were considered by the council’s transport committee last night. They were, frankly, more an exercise in showing how consultation often doesn’t help anyone come to a conclusion!
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Also tagged Clapham Common, Clapham Common Northside, Lavender Gardens, Lavender Hill, Stormont Road, TfL
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20mph zone for Shaftesbury Park Estate
Following consultation with residents the Shaftesbury Park Estate will be getting a 20mph zone, one of the borough’s first. Reducing speed limits has been a frequent request in all my time as a councillor. The problem was that it just couldn’t be enforced – the police have other priorities and traditional speed bumps have severe
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Shaftesbury Park Estate to be a 20mph zone
Following on from the introduction of the local safety scheme on the Shaftesbury Park Estate the council is now looking at introducing a 20mph speed limit on the estate’s roads. 20mph zones are tricky, largely because they need to be enforced and are not (I would say quite rightly) a priority for the police at
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Eccles Road and traffic
One benefit of the incredibly disruptive waterworks on Eccles Road has been the closure of the road to traffic and some residents are keen that the closure becomes permanent. As I mentioned in my previous post on this doing something as seemingly simple as closing a road to through traffic is actually incredibly difficult. First,
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Also tagged Altenburg Gardens, Eccles Road, Lavender Gardens, Lavender Sweep, St John's Road, Thames Water
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Eccles Road waterworks
I went along to the Thames Water “drop-in” for Eccles Road residents affected by the extensive sewer works last night. It was certainly a useful session to find out more about the project, if not useful in getting any commitment to compensation for residents affected by the disturbance. However, it was good to see Thames
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Also tagged compensation, Eccles Road, sewer, Shaftesbury, TfL, Thames Water, tunnelling
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Clapham Junction improvements
The overall scheme, which has been in development since 2007, it too expensive for the council to undertake alone, but elements of it can be done. The suggestion is to look at the ‘traffic management’ since, by improving the way vehicles move through the junction it will improve the quality for all users, including pedestrians
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Also tagged Clapham Junction, Latchmere, Lavender Hill, Northcote, Shaftesbury, town centres
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