hornsey station improvement

Hello everyone,

I thought i would let you know what the council has told my husband when he asked about improving the lighting and general security aspects of hornsey station on the ladder side. They are currently improving the station on the crouch end side.

Nice week-end to all of you,

sophie.

Dear Mr Burton,

> I refer to your e-mail of 18th Nov 2007 sent to Cllr
> Haley raising
> concerns about safety of pedestrians using the
> accesses to Hornsey
> Station and apologise for the delay in replying.
>
> Thank you very much for your appreciation of the
> recent improvements
> carried out by the Council to the access to Hornsey
> Station from
> Tottenham Lane approach but as you have stated, the
> approach from the
> Wightman Road end could be improved.
>
> The overall lanterns in the area are High Pressure
> Sodium (not the white
> lights you may feel brighter). These conform to the
> overall lighting
> standards the Council installs. I am pleased to let
> you know that the
> Council has approved the installation of a new CCTV
> camera between
> Wightman Road and the railway bridge, which will be
> installed shortly
> and will help to improve security of the passengers
> using the station.
>
> We are also considering the improvements to the
> under bridge lighting
> and have included it in our next years proposals,
> and if approved will
> be implemented early in the summer.
>
> A number of traffic calming measures have been
> implemented along
> Wightman Road recently including the construction of
> central islands, to
> slow the speed of vehicles and we will continue to
> monitor the
> conditions and take appropriate measures if required
> and if funding is
> available.
>
> Thank you very much for bringing these matters to
> our attention, and
> apologies once again for the delay in replying.

> Harvi Mudhar
>
> Traffic and Road Safety
>
> River Park House
>
> 225 High Road
>
> N22 8HQ
>
> Telephone 0208 489 5135
>
> Fax 0208 489 1251