HARRINGAY residents and transient motorists might like to view this sub-five-minute video shot this afternoon.
It's a time-lapse over 60 minutes (link below).
It features the foot of Hewitt Road from where motorists exit, but are not permitted to turn right.
Further along the street, a different camera – a Council-controlled camera – keeps an eagle eye out for unsuspecting motorists. It records the action more regularly and more determinedly than the footage you're about to see.
Watching the video:
Enjoy ?!
Thanks for the HD video and editing go to Paul Stork
New link to Video (on Vimeo)
Councillor
Highgate Ward
Liberal Democrat Party
Tags for Forum Posts: 60-mins, FPN, Fixed-Penalty-Notice, Hewitt, No-right-turn, Road, time-lapse, £130, £180, £65
this is a local issue solely within the boundaries of a ward
I think we're going to have to disagree about that Michael, for the following reasons (for this purpose, I also include the matter of the Council's bicycle stand fiasco, to which I will return):
Green Lanes:
In respect of the cameras, I hope to achieve some discussion and awareness of the level of fines raised and possibly the increased dependence on this source of revenue over the Borough.
There's another aspect:
I think that we both agree that motorists should not and must not turn right. But they continue to do so in droves: on the basis of the videos above, dozens a day. The measures are failing.
If the Council were to view this intersection more intelligently, we would have a different approach. We are led to believe (by # of Fixed Penalty Notices issued) that the Council is raising a phenomenal amount of cash from this corner.
This suggests the need for a review of what is going wrong.
Instead, we see a second camera added: this looks to be less about traffic engineering and more about exploiting the situation.
If you think that the local authority is in someway acting unlawfully, unethically or unfairly you, as an elected representative, have access to bodies and mechanisms where you can have this scrutinised.
Cheers Michael, many thanks for the tip!
John, this new clip was shot yesterday (Friday) between 17:00 and 18:00. Nine vehicles turned right. There was a cyclist, whose number plate probably didn't show up too well.
Like other sequences, this 60-minute period may or may not be representative of the overall monies raised on the corner. We may get a better idea of the overall if we can find out over what period the 7,081 ( ! ? ) PCNs were issued.
I understand that the current (no-right-turn) arrangement is experimental, with a final decision to be made at the end of the year. If it's decided to make it permanent, it might be desirable to have a low physical barrier to direct vehicles left (as at the bottom of Lothair (ladder) Road to the south. Perhaps better than a clutter of signage?
It might have been more efficient to have given thought to that at the planning stage of the Green Lanes refurbishment, before the granite corners went in.
Michael:
Without confessing my particular allegiance, sadly we no longer have LibDem councillors in Harringay ward.
Rather than have all discussion about Harringay issues being undertaken solely by the Labour incumbents, I think Clive's input is valuable and I'm grateful to him for taking an interest outside his own area.
More generally, I'm a resident of Harringay but would have no qualms about voicing my opinion on The Tottenham Gyratory or the Gaudi - influenced frontage of Art For Art's sake in Muswell Hill.
John, re gyratories: you've just jogged my memory: I'd welcome interest in the Wellington Gyratory at the northern end of Archway Road. Again, this forms part of a super-major arterial road (the A1, no less) and there are a number of issues surrounding that, from traffic calming, to gateway-to-Highgate, to bus route re-location. I don't expect interest from outside the Ward, but because many people will know this island-with-the-petrol-station, it serves to illustrate that roads are used by more than just locals.
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