Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey publishes medium-term plan for 25 Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Haringey's map (adapted by HoL) showing existing traffic restriction areas in semi-opaque orange and proposed ones in purple. The non-opaque orange areas, still edged in purple, (crudely blocked-out by HoL) are the additional LTNs which have funding and will be implemented soon. The council says that the map n provides an "indication of the LTN areas" and that it "should be treated as a guide rather than a rule". .
Last week Haringey Council published an update on its transport strategy, including the map published above. In a statement, the council said:
Haringey is embarking on an ambitious programme to increase rates of walking and cycling in the borough and is also seeking to tackle the implications of rat-running traffic in residential areas. This will encourage those making short journeys by motor vehicles, to instead consider active travel such as walking, cycling or public transport. This is needed to improve our air quality, respond to the climate change emergency we face, address health inequalities and make the borough a healthier place to live, work and rest. It is also especially important that we look at how we create safer walking and cycling routes for school children.
The map above shows that after the completion of the already funded areas, about a third of the borough will be covered by LTNs.
If you're a Harringay Ladder resident, you may feel that you have good reason to question the way areas are being prioritised. But, the good news is that community group Harringay Ladder Living Streets are in ongoing conversation with local councillors and traffic bosses at Haringey.
Attitudes of the current administration at the council suggest that there is reason for hope, but past experience advises that a certain amount of cynicism might also not be out of place.
The author of this piece is part of the HLLS group but is also keeping his fingers tightly crossed behind his back.
Tags for Forum Posts: hlhs, low traffic neighbourhoods, traffic
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Permalink Reply by andy h on
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I’m with you Fiona,
I’m not a fan, I've always thought of these projects as divisive
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Another viewpoint
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on
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Thanks Michael for that very interesting reference.
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Sorry if I am being slow here but the purple areas will become low traffic neighbourhood areas. So access in and out of those purple areas will be made more difficult by road restrictions like big flower pots or what have you?
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Right thanks Hugh - and am I being slow part 2...
these are aspirational. The money isn’t there to do them all and there isn’t a running order so to speak
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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See my reply on the previous page with an embedded tweet from Cllr Matt White - there's £5.1m budgeted to take the first post-TfL-funding steps. He says the Ladder is a priority. So that's aspirational with teeth. Beyond that, yes, it's pure aspiration.
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Yeah I saw that. Honestly couldn’t work out if the ladder was going to have all £5.1m
Can’t see anything happening quickly sadly.
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I don't know. At this stage, I'm taking it all as signals of good intent and no more.
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Permalink Reply by jambo_sana on
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I'm sure some people won't like it, but calling it divisive isn't exactly fair. It's changing the status quo, but for many people that status quo isn't very good right now.
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Can’t help feeling that an LTN in St Ann’s is a solution in search of a problem. I’ve lived off St Ann’s Road for over 30 years, working from home for more than 20 of them in a room facing the street, and found the roads west of Chestnuts Park among the quietest and most traffic-free I’ve ever experienced (including living in the nascent LTN off Blackstock Road when it was created to stop kerb-crawling in the 1980s). So quiet, in fact, that the most frequent pre-pandemic traffic was learner drivers having lessons and doing three-point turns.... How will road closures improve anything?
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You're right Don, there are some very quiet streets in St Ann's. The scheme is in part designed to reduce through traffic on the north to south routes through the ward, such as Black Boy Lane, which carry an enormous amount of traffic. Late last year three children were knocked over in seperate incidents over the course of a month, outside of Chestnuts School. Unfortunately, you can't put filters on these roads without the traffic displacing throughout the ward, which is why the LTN idea has been suggested as a means to reducing through traffic and creating a much safer space for walking and cycling. Worth noting that this is a wider issue - St Ann's has the highest number of schools of any ward in Haringey, as well as hospitals and nurseries, and the second highest population density, but very low car ownership.
However, this does need to be part of a borough wide approach as soon as possible
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