Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Which highways repairs should we prioritise in Harringay this year?
Hi everyone,
It's that time of the year again! :)
Each year your councillors are asked to nominate highways repair works for the next financial year.
To give one example, in the past couple of years, Zena and I have been able to secure pavement repairs on Seymour, Hampden, Hewitt, Beresford and (soon!) Woollaston roads through this process.
We are happy to receive suggestions for highways repairs that Harringay residents would like us to nominate. These suggestions can cover repairs or works related to:
- Roads - including drainage
- Pavements
- Street Lighting
- Pedestrian accessibility, e.g. to facilitate accessibility for residents with mobility or visual impairments
You can send these suggestions to me (Anna.Abela@haringey.gov.uk) and / or Zena (Zena.Brabazon@haringey.gov.uk).
Please send us your suggestions by 3 October so that we'll have enough time to submit our nominations before the deadline.
We would be grateful if you could kindly include the following details in your email:
- Road name and relevant section of the road (e.g. between house numbers 11-24)
- Type of work required
- Photos (if possible)
To manage expectations: this exercise covers the entire Borough, and the funding pot is capped, so officers will prioritise nominations based on urgency. As a very rough rule of thumb, this exercise typically yields around three highways repairs per ward.
We will suggest a prioritisation of our nominations based on our layperson's understanding, but the final decision is based on technical assessments of urgency by highways officers.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Best regards,
Anna
Cllr Anna Abela (Labour councillor, Harringay ward)
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Anna. Appreciate the fact you are asking but I would love the current work on Green Lanes between Warham and Seymour to be completed ASAP and we will not have cars backed up beyond the passage on Pemberton and other roads, and we will not have to listen to drivers venting their frustration via their horns!
Anything you can do there?
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Permalink Reply by Ozbawn on
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Yes, that would improve things infinitely. The longer-interval temporary traffic lights are responsible for traffic jams extending from Salisbury Rd back to Black Boy Lane and from the Salisbury pub down to Turnpike Lane.
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Suspending the St Ann’s LTN would be a start, as it would let local traffic come in to St Ann’s from West Green Road rather than Green Lanes, where the temporary lights set up is causing enormous traffic back-up. A liitle flexibility wouldn’t come amiss.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Thanks Anna
Can you list the paving on Warham Road please. It’s been replaced as paving stones on the odd side of the road from Green Lanes up to the New River Bridge but on the even side only up to around the old borough boundary. The rest is tarmac. It’s been like this for several years when works started and then stopped. Getting a wheelchair along the tarmac parts is next to impossible unless you’re a weightlifter!
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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ANNA, I'd like to nominate a road and pavement that is in Harringay Ward and is certainly in a poor state of repair.
It has been getting worse year on year, partly because the carriageway was never designed to take the weight of heavy machinery, each summer. I refer of course to the carriageway that runs through Krankbrother's Quarter in the north eastern corner of Finsbury Park. Apart from the ruts, near the faux pedestrian crossing. the tarmac has squirmed.
I hope you'd agree with me that whoever is letting this company cause this damage, without repairing it, is behaving irresponsibly.
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on
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I should like to report that walking down the north side Burgoyne Road after dark, I tripped over an irregularity in the pavement. I usually pay close attention to the ground as I walk but on Burgoyne the irregularity (which was right next to a tree) was hidden from view by the shadow cast by masses of shoots growing around the bole. In fact most of the trees were in the same poorly maintained state. Perhaps clipping off the unnecessary growth would be a solution but it would be good also to see a bit of attention to irregularities whether or not the whole street needs to be repaved.
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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Here's mine, the pavement on Page Green Terrace that links 7Sisters station to South Tottenham overground. Not the High Road bit, the side road that runs parallel to that but on the other side of the trees, so it is slightly protected from traffic noise and pollution. It's a tarmac surface that has been dug up for misc services and is now annoying to navigate. I walk in the road for preference, as that was resurfaced last (?) year and is still smooth.
South Tottenham ward. I'll add some photos from daylight.
PS Just realised you asked about Harringay ward, can you pass this to whoever is the right person/s please. We don't have a neat local blog like you lot.
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Permalink Reply by rosie yarrow on
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Yes, Anna, the pathway from Alexandra Palace station up to Alexandra Palace is very uneven and unsafe in icy weather and difficult to walk on. Please do this ASAP. Thanks. 🙏🏻
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Permalink Reply by Zena Brabazon on
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Thanks to everyone who has given their suggestions. As we are councillors for Harringay ward we will follow those up. We can let the councillors for the other wards know suggestions.
As Anna says, funding for highways/pavement improvements is limited and there are 19 wards, but we will do our best to secure as much funding as we can. It is clear many of the Ladder roads need investment as there are problems with uneven paving slabs, and in some cases, exacerbated by tree roots.
We'll be submitting the list soon so please send photos etc. to us as Anna has set out in her lead post.
Thanks,
ZenaZena Brabazon
Cllr, Harringay ward
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I should add- there are quite a few areas of the main Green Lanes footpath that are looking increasingly perilous, broken or uneven paving stones. I have caught my foot on one or two of late- might be worth doing a quick survey and sorting one or two of the more dangerous ones out before someone gets hurt.
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I NOTE that "the [Highway repairs] funding pot is capped," but this limit is a construct of council employees.
We know from a recent costly and gratuitous road-renaming, that the un-budgeted costs of renaming Black Boy Lane, would be met from within existing budgets. It was a political decision.
(debit £x from earlier-agreed budget A and credit £x to new budget B).
Although the Mayor of London is paying for a lot of Haringey Borough of Culture 2027, much is still coming from council coffers. It appears that no expense is spared, including nearly a third of a million pounds for the salaries for the Director of Culture and two part time officers. It seems the council has lost control of both salaries and the number paid more than £100k each (more than 40).
Might there not be a larger, longer-term net benefit for residents, if some scarce resources were switched from the Borough of Culture 2027 budget, to lift the road-repair cap?
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