Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Street lighting in Finsbury Park
I was delighted when they put the street lights in Finsbury Park so in the winter I could still cycle home through the park when it was dark. There were so many more cyclists and walkers and it felt safe.
Now when I cycle through from the South Gate up towards Endymion Rd exit there are lights up to the tennis courts then they go off and they don’t come on again until the cafe - leaving a fairly long stretch of pitch black. I asked on the council website for them to fix the lights. They said they had but the lights are still off. Does anybody know if this is a cost cutting exercise?
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Zena Brabazon
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Hello everyone.
I wrote to the lighting officer yesterday and will follow up again today since I consider this a serious health and safety issue. I've also checked about what gates are locked at sunset. It is only the vehicle gate at the Endymion Road entrance which is locked at 3.30pm. The other gates are open.
Turning to the Ladder Community Safety Partnership, please do join up. It is the only community umbrella organisation of its kind in the borough, focusing on environmental issues, (including all three parks in the ward) planning, licensing, and community safety. Meetings are planned to enable the local SNT to attend and they do, all of them. They report on local trends, present crime stats, update on key arrests, and have a good dialogue with residents. Council enforcement officers also come so they can both report back on hotspot and also hear directly from resident's on issues affecting them. Sustaining this is quite something, and the LCSP has been active for some 25 years.
Working with the Chair, Ian Sygrave, has been very positive. The police team in Harringay is larger than other wards, and we have had some real successes in tackling anti-social behaviour, drug dealing, contentious planning and licensing applications. Recently, planning refused an application by one of the adult gaming centres on Green Lanes for an extension of hours to which Anna and I, as ward councillors objected, as did many residents. Similarly, a licensing application for 24 hour gaming was also rejected due to community and councillor objections and representations from public health at the licensing meeting. In this case, the company appealed and I recently went to court for the council to defend the decision.
These may seem small things, but the work put in by the LCSP member and councillors is significant to achieve these and I hope people will sign up and participate.
Maybe we can try again about a website Neil.......
Zena
Zena Brabazon
Cllr, Harringay ward
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