Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Oxford Street to be pedestrianised by 2020 ... so Wightman Rd ...
... can surely be closed to through traffic in the future, as it currently is during the bridge works. If the planners can deal with the re-routing of all those buses and taxi journeys away from Oxford Street for the pedestrianisation plans, it must be possible to do this for Wightman Road as well.
Living Wightman would do well to have a chat with the new Mayor's office.
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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It took 3 years of planning and multiple consultations
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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I believe you but I bet they didn't start out thinking "we'll have to close the whole of Wightman Rd". I think they realised that quote late in the piece.
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No. They clearly started at the point of "this bridge is going to fall down, we need to replace it".... only afterwards did they consider closing Wightman Road as a way of managing the knock-on effects.
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Well said.
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When are they doing a door to door survey of the people living on Green Lanes, I wonder? We may have a thing or two to contribute to that discussion! Or are Wightman road residents some kind of special snowflakes whose opinion is much more important than others? If so please explain why...
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We're now missing a few of the barriers. Last night cycling home I came upon the "character" with the white panel van opposite Fairland Park. He had a streaming cut to his left eye that he allegedly received from a Royal Mail motorcyclist. This morning I took a photo of a white van pushing the barriers aside between Pemberton and Mattison (I think). After trying to reverse into me as I took a photo of the back of his van he decided to pursue me, at high speed and on the wrong side of Wightman Rd then the wrong way down Cavendish Rd before I made it to the passage. All of this at a frighteningly high speed.
I did wonder when the road was closed off how long it would take before it came to road rage and violence, I guess it just took some warmer weather.
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Permalink Reply by Tullie on
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I saw this. It was seriously frightening. The van was reversing at a very unsafe speed in the attempt to get you. I didn't realise that when he took off after you on Cavendish he was going the wrong way: that could have resulted in a horrendous accident. I hope you do report him. I'll be a witness to say how incredibly dangerous his driving was.
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Thanks, I've emailed the SNT asking if it's worth reporting now that I have a witness.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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A Royal Mail motorcyclist ??
Do these exist ?
Glad you escaped John. I've been threatened with death under similar circumstances.
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Threats I can handle, someone trying to run you over at high speed was a bit of a crap start to my day.
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IMHO everyone is missing the point.
You can keep Wightman closed and where does the traffic go ? Green Lanes. You can close Green Lanes and where does the traffic go ? Crouch End or Tottenham.
You can introduce a Ladder Congestion Charge. If it's effective where does the traffic go ? See above.
You can install bollards which will be effective ( when they're working ) Well, good luck Endymion and Turnpike Lane.
All these are tinkering with the problem and permanently shutting Wightman is appeasement, which didn't work for Chamberlain and was disastrous for Poland ( Tottenham ) and Czechoslovakia ( Crouch End ) .
The real problem is that there are too many car movements. Even if public transport were free and stopped outside every house, people would still prefer to use their own cars.
The real solution is to find a way of making car ownership throughout London so unattractive that nobody would want to own one. Remove all on-street parking spaces. Ban for life any driver who breaks the speed limit, gets caught in a box junction, speeds through a red light or uses a hand-held mobile phone.
Brutal ? Maybe, but we have to find a way to cut down car journeys other than closing off roads thereby dumping the traffic onto neighbouring areas.
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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John, car ownership has already been reducing over time. Number of car journeys have reduced over time as more people have switched to public transport. Currently I know plenty of people who have changed their local journey habits since the Wightman closure to walking or bike or bus. So there's your answer; some car journeys change into other modes.
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