Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Alroy Road/ Endymion Road "accessiblity improvments"

Further to Cllr Emina Ibrahim's discussion on Alroy Road/ Endymion Road "improvements" and subsequent disappointment by local residents detailed here :

http://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/alroy-rd-endymion-road-...

We have got a response from the Leader and attach the relevant documents below

"Apologies for the delay, please find attached Haringey’s response to the Road Safety Audit 3 and the plan showing our proposed remedial works.

The Project Engineer has issued to our contractor and will be working with them and relevant teams to find a date for the commencement of surfacing work before 25^th March 2016.

If they fail to agree a date before then, the surfacing aspects will have to wait 6 months until the temporary closure of Whiteman Road for bridge works to be concluded. This is further complicated by the current closure of Stroud Green Road."

A response has been submitted as follows:

"On a brief read of this, can you ask Gary Smith the following questions:

He has written in his response to the PC Report that the "crossing areas have been improved". How does he think that this has been improved? This is not demonstrated in the drawings because the drawings dont mention "crossing areas". Your first attachment entitled "2016 remedials" pdf does not have any crossing areas designed in and this is the "detailed design" document which the construction contractor will follow. Appendix B of the Project Centre's report is missing a legend and is therefore is not helpful either.

Can you explain why Manual for Streets 1 & 2 have not been referenced? A shared surface was agreed orignally and these documents are important to follow on this aspect. I think from the drawings that the road will be raised at the junction, but the shared surface has failed to comply with Manual for Streets because:

1. There are too many road markings

2. There is too much street signage, including illuminated street signage which will add to light poluution for residents.

3. Does the road surface reach the same level of the pavement and so comply to shared surface definition?
4. To comply with the shared surface definition, the road should also be a similar material to the pavement or at the very least not be tarmac.

Tarmac, road markings and street signage have been proven to contribute to increased road speeds. This scheme and its revisions have only added more of these materials and have therefore failed to comply with Manual for Streets 1 & 2.

The fundamental objective to this scheme was to improve pedestrian safety and accessibility. This project has failed on that because the Council has chosen to take a engineered approach to this junction with a bias towards traffic instead of taking an urban design approach, taking in the views of residents and others, balancing the engineering requirments of traffic with the comfort of pedestrians and cyclists.

Harringay is in real danger of spending yet more money on an already failing project. These are not new comments. Similar comments have been sent to Harringay during the previous consultation period and subsequently to Councillors when the project was not delivered as per the reports.

I recommend that you consult this engineer and the team involved as soon as possible to insure that you have absolute confidence that the project will deliver improved accessibility requirements - the objective of this project.

I await your reply with interest."

This was sent 2 weeks ago and a reminder for a response was sent yesterday.

If anyone else has any expertise in public realm and transportation planning who would be able to look over this, that would be much appreciated. Or if anyone else wants to be vocal to the Leader about our concerns, that would also be appreciated.

I am concerned that this work will go ahead and it's still not what the community requested in our consultation. We requested "accessibility improvements". I had thought of contacting a disability group to reinforce the accessibility issue. Does anyone have any contacts for one?

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