Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
New Harringay traffic plan to be unveiled ... soon ... (-ish) ... maybe ...
It was announced at a recent residents' meeting that the Council are planning to plan an event at which Mike Hakata will bring forward the Haringey/TfL plans to manage traffic in Harringay ward. The measures will affect both the Ladder and the Harringay stretch of Green Lanes.
The date of said meeting however seems to be something of a moving feast: a planned post-summer meeting became an autumn one which has now become just a blank space.
Personally, whatever the date, whilst I'm prepared to be pleasantly surprised, twenty years of dashed hopes has left my current expectations measured in the extreme.
What with the extra pressure placed on Green Lanes by the various LTNs to the east, the options for much in the way of ward-wide traffic management seem very limited. They could still take measures around limiting parking on Green Lanes by cannibalising residents spaces on the Ladder rung roads and the Gardens. If they want to, they could also limit traffic on the rung roads.
Let's see what several years of deliberation bring in this pre-election year ... or maybe next year (perhaps). (My apologies for the uncharacteristic pessimism).
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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THERE is frequent evidence of too many cars in built-up or urban areas.
Individual car-owners cannot admit this simple truth, except if stuck in a jam, when some may say or think, the traffic is terrible!
The municipal Highways Department is powerful and unimaginative. They see their brief as looking after the interests of car-owners. Our elected representatives appear to have little control over them.
Our Borough needs an effective, knowledgeable and interested Cabinet Member for Highways.
Haringey Council has legal authority to put more pressure on car-ownership and car-use through parking and charging, but does not do so for electoral reasons (as well the chronic lack of ability to direct the Highwaymen).
Anyone genuinely concerned about the advancing climate crisis, must hope that in the Autumn Budget (26 November) the Chancellor thaws the too-long Winter freeze of Fuel Duty increases.
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(My apologies for the uncharacteristic pessimism).
Hugh, your post is more realistic than pessimistic.
With the best will in the world, councils cannot reduce the levels of car ownership and burning of fossil fuel by themselves. And Haringey does not always live up to the standard of the best—political—will in the world.
Help is needed from central Government.
Many measures could be adopted, with the biggest and most effective being to increase Fuel Duty. Perhaps the Chancellor will in the Budget put on a penny or two a litre on petrol and diesel and surprise those who are concerned about the burning of fossil fuel.
But, I'm not optimistic.
As far as Government climate and environment policy is concerned, there is a noticeable lack of the best will in the world from Starmer's Government,
Starmer has shelved most of Labour's goals and policies about the environment. Unless he is replaced, there is surely little chance of improvement.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Unveiling announced; https://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/public-meeting-on-next-ste...
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Although some talk about a War on Cars, I appreciate we are not at war. All the same, it is hard to imagine Winston Churchill calling attention to an update on the review process, work undertaken so far, and next steps. He was more about Action this Day.
Could there be an action-plan in draft in the wings?
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