Blocked-off roads: Report shows massive increases in car traffic on Lambeth LTN boundary roads

Massive increases in car traffic of up to 46 per cent on boundary LTN roads in Lambeth are highlighted in a new report published by the UK Noise Association. The figures - compared to 2019 before the highly controversial LTNs came in - show that in the Ferndale LTN there was a: 46 per cent …

Blocked-off roads: Traffic on Dulwich LTN boundary roads shows increased figures of up to 32.7 per cent (and that’s NOT including Croxted Road) Plus: Why poorer people are more affected by the Lee Green LTN

Figures show that traffic on Dulwich LTN boundary roads increased by up to 26 per cent on Half Moon Lane; 29.7 pc on Lordship Lane South and 32.7 pc on East Dulwich Grove South.   And that's NOT including Croxted Road where the weekday PM peak increased by 26 pc and the weekday AM peak by …

Blocked-off roads Opinion 1: Just how long does it take for a council to realise that an LTN isn’t effective?

"We have no interest in requiring councils to keep schemes which are proven not to work, but that proof must be presented" says Government minister Yes Minister...but proof presented by who? **************************************************************. Andrew Gilligan (Transport adviser to the Prime Minister. Between 2013 and 2016 he also worked as cycling commissioner for London) posted a letter …

Blocked-off roads Opinion 2 – 🔴Serious question: what is the point of consultations that completely ignore local residents?

The above question was posed by Clean Air for All Dulwich (campaign group against Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in LB Southwark) in response to a post pasted by a resident living in a LB Lambeth LTN.   And the answer?:  

LAMBETH CHILD ABUSE REDRESS SCHEME: 2,238 MORE CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION

A further 2,238 applications for compensation have been made to the Lambeth council redress scheme set up to compensate many - but not all - victims of the child abuse scandal. The figures are revealed in Lambeth’s draft statement of their 2021/22 accounts which show that £82.5 million has been paid in redress compensation directly …

Council news: Mystery of the missing minutes partially solved as two sets are found – but as many as five more may still be MIA…

“How have you lost the minutes of the O&SP meetings that were held on 29 Oct 2018 and 19 Feb 2019? “Granted they were really poor, but you should have just asked as you sent me a copy!” – Pete Elliott, Green party Lambeth councillor 2018-2022 ******************************************************************** Some missing minutes of Lambeth council’s secretive Homes …

Community: Upper Norwood library decarbonisation works set to start…Welcome back for the Welcome choir…West Norwood walk…Research the history of your house…

Works are to start at Upper Norwood library as part of a borough-wide scheme aimed at reducing carbon emissions from Lambeth council-owned buildings. The works involves:  Air source heat pump (2 x 50 kW)  LED upgrade  Glazing  Insulation  BMS (Possibly Building Management System - an officers report fails to say …

TfL funding “settlement”: The view from Whitehall… “Settlement matches Mayor’s own pre-pandemic spending plans”

Future of London’s transport network secured with government’s multi-billion pound settlement Funding will also support modernisation and network upgrades. From: Department for Transport and The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Published 30 August 2022 long-term settlement supporting nearly £3.6 billion of projects agreed with TfL settlement includes just under £1.2 billion of funding, taking total government support …

TfL funding ‘settlement’ …and the view from City Hall: “This deal is far from ideal…”Levelling up the country should not be about levelling down London”

Please see below for a statement from the Mayor of London on today’s TfL funding deal. Kind regards “This funding agreement comes after more than a month of tough negotiations because I’ve been determined to stand up for London and to fight for our transport network, which so many Londoners and businesses rely upon. “The good news …

Community: Police seek witnesses to fatal accident on Purley Way – and for video footage following Notting Hill Carnival stabbing

Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information following a fatal collision in Croydon. Police were called shortly after 18:00hrs on Tuesday, 30 August to a collision involving an ambulance and a motorcycle at the junction of Purley Way and Edgehill Road. The ambulance was en route to an emergency call at the time of the …