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 matt on
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And the letter of information that was meant to go out to all ladder households - any idea where that got to Emina?
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Permalink Reply by Rich on
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I don't know if it was my imagination, but the blocks looked closer together today, so hopefully it's all fixed now :)
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Permalink Reply by EMC2 on
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Not out at lunchtime today This white van man happy to take to the pavement to avoid the blocks - next one was lining up to follow turned round when he saw me taking photographs...
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Larger barriers are on order as are fixtures to make sure they stay were they're put!
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Turnpike Lane from the junction with Alexandra Road at 09.00 this morning. Where has all the traffic gone?
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It's not an April fool - I walked up to Hornsey High Street to collect Dry Cleaning and traffic was running freely. This pic was from Hornsey Park Road looking South on Wightman at 09.20.
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No indeed, I can vouch for the fact that the exif data shows your Turnpike La photo was taken at 9.02 today. (Your processing software has wiped the data from the second photo).
Well fingers crossed then.
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I cycled up Wightman at 17.45 yesterday and there was much reduced up and down traffic, so perhaps everyone has tried it now, realised there's no way through and are making alternative route decisions miles away from here. I expect a rerun of the chaos next week when a new crop of traffic are back from hols. Hopefully after a few days of pain they'll do the same.
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Permalink Reply by Peter Chalk on
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I agree. I live close to Green Lanes/Fairfax and traffic has been flowing freely. I think we should campaign for this to be permanent. It works for Gardens and Harringay/Hermitage roads which were also popular rat runs for commuters from Enfield Barnet and Herts.
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Permalink Reply by maggie on
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A major pinch point seems to be from east Hornsey High Street, under the railway bridge to Turnpike Lane/ Wightman junction which was still solid at 20:15 last night, however Green Lanes and the ladder was completely free at this time.
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Permalink Reply by Penny A on
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However I did that journey in the opposite direction from the ladder to Tottenham lane at 8.20pm yesterday eve and it took 20 mins. Returning home at 10.40pm took about the same time and the traffic lights at turnpike lane/green lanes don't seem to have been rephrased yet ie max of 5 cars at a time.
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