Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Oxford Street to be pedestrianised by 2020 ... so Wightman Rd ...
... can surely be closed to through traffic in the future, as it currently is during the bridge works. If the planners can deal with the re-routing of all those buses and taxi journeys away from Oxford Street for the pedestrianisation plans, it must be possible to do this for Wightman Road as well.
Living Wightman would do well to have a chat with the new Mayor's office.
Tags for Forum Posts: traffic, wightman bridge closure
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Permalink Reply by Nick on
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It can be abused on both ends. Though the lack of positive votes for many of the proposals is telling.
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If people can vote in a referendum without a justifying comment, I'm sure we can take these 'ratings' as a genuine reflection of local sentiment towards each idea.
For example, there is a proposal asking that U turns are banned on Green Lanes, which has only positive votes.
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Permalink Reply by Penny A on
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I would agree with that one Nick, but there seemed to be a lot of partisan down votes. People simply wanting to go back to a fully reopened Wightman Road without looking at the bigger picture. I don't think that is very helpful. For example there were lots of down votes for posts identifying the change needed to traffic weight along the school roads, traffic weights which effect on children's health, wellbeing and safety. I found those votes very unhelpful.
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There are probably as many partisan upvotes, as both sides are inherently biased. As others have said, the end goal is to reduce traffic equally across the area, rather than displace it from one road (Wightman) to others (Green Lanes, Turnpike lane).
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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There is no way Green Lanes is now taking another 210,000 vehicles a week. I suspect that the ones doing a partial on Wightman were also counted on Green Lanes so that explains some of it.
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I agree John, but there's no doubt that the congestion on those two roads has increased noticeably, and adding extra lanes for cars (by removing parking) isn't the way forward.
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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I don't think anyone has suggested adding extra lanes for cars (they may have). The suggestion is to have an extra bus lane and/or cycle lanes
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Permalink Reply by Anna Maria Dipino on
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I live on Beresford Road for 41 years as that is how old I am and I don't drive and never have and I look forward to when Wightman Road opens up again.
Vehicles are now hogging other roads Green Lanes for example and making a human beings journey dire cause of the closure of Wightman Road bringing mass traffic onto other roads.
Roads on the ladders are suffering due to the closure of Wightman Road.
Members of my household who unable to get to the bus stop down Beresford Road depend on minicabs and medical transportation are forever getting to their destination late due to the closure of Wightman Road.
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Hi Anne Marie, that sounds tough. Understand the difficulty of the current arrangements for the elderly who need regular home visits and medical appointments. But I don’t think the answer is to return Wightman Road to its previous traffic load of 210,000 vehicles a week, and the traffic volumes on many of the Ladder Roads. The council has a tough job on its hands but needs to move forward and decide and implement key improvements to Green Lanes traffic flow and restrictions on commuter through traffic. Otherwise with population increase, expanding car ownership and all the planned housing development scheduled for the area over the next few years all our roads will seize up! I guess we also want to leave something better for the future and next generations. Now that’s a dream the world ignores in the interest of expediency and profit! Wishing you all the best.
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Didn't know my thread mentioned elderly.
On the subject if you like to help members of my household and others who find their selves in the same predicament as my household I look forward to meeting with you and accepting your help.
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Sorry if I presumed you were elderly, its that you said you had lived on Beresford Road for 41 years. But I guess you could have been born there which would make me old enough to be your mother!! My comments were meant kindly. I'm sorry I can't help you but wish you well.
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