Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Some Ladder residents claim St Ann's traffic scheme brings more traffic to Ladder - Do you agree? Have your say
The St Ann's Low Traffic neighbourhood started on 4 September 2023. The traffic order that put it in place lasts only for 18 months. The Council is therefore seeking resident views before making the scheme permanent.
Although personally I haven't experienced it, at a residents meeting (Ladder Community Safety Partnership) meeting last night, residents from roads including Fairfax and Beresford, expressed concern that the LTN had added to their traffic woes.
A consultation of the future of the scheme id now running until 20th September.
To add your voice for or against, click here.
Tags for Forum Posts: consultation, traffic
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Permalink Reply by Deka Biski
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The St Anns scheme is a good first step in traffic calming and has made a huge difference especially to the schools on St Anns Road which used to be surrounded on all sides by rat running and pollution (they of course still have the impact from St Anns Road itself!) I absolutely agree that the council should have done this more as an area wide scheme, linking cells of LTNs so that traffic isn’t simply pushed along. The ladder definitely needs an LTN of its own but arguing against the St Anns scheme isn’t the answer - surely this is an opportunity to push for more measures, more urgently and better joined up with neighbouring areas? If the St Anns scheme is reduced or removed, this would certainly weaken the case for LTNs in other areas. It would be great if neighbours could work together to demand more, rather than less!
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Absolutely spot on Deka. This is our chance to call for the council to be more ambitious not less. We need a scheme for the Ladder, we need 24 hour bus lanes on Green Lanes, we need better pedestrian crossings. Please respond to the consultations by Friday, 20 September and show support. Haringey is already so far behind neighbouring boroughs on this, let’s not got backwards
St Ann’s - https://stannsltn.commonplace
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Permalink Reply by Hugh
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To be clear, Deka and Cat, this isn't a call for resistance to the St Ann's LTN. I've been pushing for traffic control locally for twenty years in a much less sympathetic environment, as posts on this forum will show.
Voices at the meeting were a real surprise to me. Personally, I've seen no discernible fall-out for the Ladder from the St Ann's LTN and so have been standing back from the consultation as I neither live in it nor am I impacted by it. However, clearly other Ladder residents think that they have been. Even though I haven't shared their experience, I know from personal experience how traffic can blight lives. Clearly those who spoke are feeling deeply affected. Their voices deserve to be heard.
Thank you for adding the argument in favour of the LTN. I see little chance that it won't be made permanent, but if tweaks can be made beyond the zone to help the likes of those who spoke this week, then they should be. Don't you think?
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Yes, 100%! I would encourage people to reply positively to the consultation while arguing that it needs to be extended and made coherent with a wider plan, including for Green Lanes and the Ladder.
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Permalink Reply by Mavic Starfish
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