Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Don't Forget - Wightman Road Closed for 5 months from Next Tuesday (29th March)
In case it's escaped your notice or slipped your mind, Wightman Road will be closed to through traffic for five months starting next Tuesday 29th March.
This will be a significant dislocation to North London traffic movement. So much so that warning notices have been placed as far away as Archway. No doubt it will also have a significant impact on Harringay's traffic.
However, there really is no alternative to at least partial road closure. The railway bridge between Alroy and Wightman roads is being replaced and there will simply be no road for a few months!
One option the Council could have taken would have been to simply reroute the traffic via the Ladder rung roads. It is to their credit, however, they recognised that with over 16,000 vehicles a day using Wightman Road, this would have placed an intolerable burden on our narrow residential roads, already beset by undue traffic volumes.
After consultation with residents, the solution decided upon is to place blocks at regular intervals along Wightman Road, in effect creating clusters of two or three rung roads. Whilst this will retain unfettered access for residents. it will render the whole Ladder, including Wightman, useless as a rat run. You can clearly see the details on the full size pdf map attached below.
Quite what it will mean for traffic in Harringay, Haringey and further afield remains to be seen. Those of us who have been working with the Council on this very much hope that traffic will quickly find other routes. It's fair to say, however, that at very best, we're going to experience some very heavy congestion on Green Lanes for a month or so.
At the same time, the Harringay traffic study will continue. The coincident timing of this piece of work with the bridge closure may be fortunate in that it will give the consultants an opportunity to study the outcome of diverting traffic away from Harringay.
A pdf copy of the Wightman Road closure is attached, along with some Council-produced documentation. You can stay up to date with what's happening on the Wightman Road closure on a dedicated page on the council website here.
Tags for Forum Posts: traffic, wightman bridge, wightman bridge closure
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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Yes please Julie....I'm being a bit of a numpty and can't work out how to message you (it's late and I can't see on my phone!) Could you message me..?
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Permalink Reply by JulieB on
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Cool, I've just sent you a connection request, if you accept it we can then message each other.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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I just rang the switchboard, told them what I wanted and got put through. Yes, a direct dial number would have been helpful but it certainly didn't hinder me.
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this is a disaster and people will kill in rage mark my words
what a nightmare and what a joke the council are !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anna might have a point though...
MPS Haringey @MPSHaringey 4h4 hours agoRoad rage in Green Lanes at 1230pm. Man arrested when he drove his car with the other driver on bonnet after initial altercation.
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I think that after the past couple of days we all need a few of these
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I have complained to David Lammy on Twitter who has asked me to email him with details. The hold up on surrounding roads at the start of the restrictions is beyond ridiculous. It took over an hour just to get through turnpike lights from Mayes rd this morning with cars stuck on residential roads and going round in circles. God forbid a serious emergency happening as there will be no chance of an ambulance getting through. An Iceland delivery was 2 and half hours late last night because of the restrictions and all because the council wants to alleviate traffic building on Burgoine and Duckett rd. 6 months of this is just not doable.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Lucky you, he's blocked me on Twitter because he was embarrassed that I door stepped him when he was campaigning in St Ann's for the dodgily selected candidates.
Anyway.... Which road do you think David will choose to send traffic up towards Wightman from Green Lanes? Is it the voters on Umfreville who will suffer? That seems a bit unfair, what about blocking off that one and seeing if people choose Cavendish? I don't think there are as many Labour voters on Cavendish as there are on Umfreville so that might be OK. Then again, perhaps it's unfair to pick on just one road and we should think more deeply about this before went vent off to our MP on Twitter, something not all of us can do.
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David Lammy was the first name that came up on Twitter re the traffic when I hashed Haringey, nothing to do with my political view and I'm not suggesting any rd at this moment in time to suffer the brunt, isn't the final say up to the council if at all. I was merely suggesting people can email their councillors with their views of which there are many who are incensed with the scheme and we only 2 days in. I'm not a resident but have to travel in thankfully only once per day this week( bad enough) but next when my child is back to Muswell hill for sch it will be twice a day with the usual half hour turning into 105 minutes now I cannot see how anybody's time will be manageable. Doctors missed their surgeries yesterday, Iceland delivery slots from 5-7pm took until 9.30 to deliver. The surrounding.roads at the closure points are turning into car parks and cars going round in circles trying to devise a best route through. I don't see why residents of Hornsey, Wood Green , Finsbury should be putting up with the knock on effect of a whole main road closure. I'm in dread of the thought of anyone needing emergency services. The whole scheme needs retweaking.
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