Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Don't Forget - Wightman Road Closed for 5 months from Next Tuesday (29th March)
In case it's escaped your notice or slipped your mind, Wightman Road will be closed to through traffic for five months starting next Tuesday 29th March.
This will be a significant dislocation to North London traffic movement. So much so that warning notices have been placed as far away as Archway. No doubt it will also have a significant impact on Harringay's traffic.
However, there really is no alternative to at least partial road closure. The railway bridge between Alroy and Wightman roads is being replaced and there will simply be no road for a few months!
One option the Council could have taken would have been to simply reroute the traffic via the Ladder rung roads. It is to their credit, however, they recognised that with over 16,000 vehicles a day using Wightman Road, this would have placed an intolerable burden on our narrow residential roads, already beset by undue traffic volumes.
After consultation with residents, the solution decided upon is to place blocks at regular intervals along Wightman Road, in effect creating clusters of two or three rung roads. Whilst this will retain unfettered access for residents. it will render the whole Ladder, including Wightman, useless as a rat run. You can clearly see the details on the full size pdf map attached below.
Quite what it will mean for traffic in Harringay, Haringey and further afield remains to be seen. Those of us who have been working with the Council on this very much hope that traffic will quickly find other routes. It's fair to say, however, that at very best, we're going to experience some very heavy congestion on Green Lanes for a month or so.
At the same time, the Harringay traffic study will continue. The coincident timing of this piece of work with the bridge closure may be fortunate in that it will give the consultants an opportunity to study the outcome of diverting traffic away from Harringay.
A pdf copy of the Wightman Road closure is attached, along with some Council-produced documentation. You can stay up to date with what's happening on the Wightman Road closure on a dedicated page on the council website here.
Tags for Forum Posts: traffic, wightman bridge, wightman bridge closure
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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I still think it's not clear that you won't be able to shoot up Umrefville and back on to Wightman. It's always worth doing that to avoid Green Lanes.
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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Well people are only going to make that mistake the once...
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Permalink Reply by WightmanPaul on
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Yes, I'll be very surprised if we don't see some motorists trying to push the barriers out of the way on Tuesday.
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What a tempting idea...are there any CCTV cameras on Wightman Road?
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'Wait, watch and act' then locally (i.e. Haringey council hotline).
The temporary footbridge was structurally complete today, though there was a 10cm step up at one end of it from the pavement.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Well, they'd be monumental thickos if they do as all they'll manage is a bit of Wightman Road before going back to Green Lanes again.
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Permalink Reply by Noemi Franco on
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Yes, it'd definitely slipped my mind. Thanks for the detailed reminder. It's going to be nightmare.
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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Unless there are 'Access only' or 'No through route' signs at the bottom of the ladder roads, people are not going to realise that they can't get onto Wightman Road.
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The signs that are in place at the moment have pretty small text and a lot of words so not that easy to read when you're driving I would imagine. Yes, a sign with "No Through Route" in big, bold lettering would work better.
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Yes there is a sign on my street, but you only see it once you've turned into the street and then have to read it carefully.
On the plus side, I saw warning notices about the disruption in Downhills Park Rd today, so they are trying to spread the net. Still no letter drop though, and neighbours react with shock when I tell them what's happening.
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Or does it?! Am I Pam Ewing emerging from the shower?? Was it all just a bad dream?? Just drove over Wightman Road Bridge which is still very much open....not a single blockade the full length of Wightman Road...no yellow box junctions on Green Lanes either...what's going on????
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