Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Network Rail announce Wightman Road to reopen on Monday 5th September
http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/wightman-road-bridge-r...
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Permalink Reply by Peter Chalk on
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But we can have electric vehicles and invest in public transport and cycle ways.
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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So traffic can't be the only source of the pollution.
Too right, Antoinette. I've always suspected there's a bunch of gauchos and cowboys running cattle ranches behind those barricades in the Gardens. It's either that or the baked beans in the all-day Full English breakfasts. Have there been any Green Lanes surveys done before and after Cafe Lemon closed?
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I doubt that wandering herds of cattle or wildebeast are a factor... but the introduction of the 20mph speed limit might be...
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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You are so full of nonsense speculation. I'm just unable to take you seriously.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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So do you think that all of the roads around where I live that are already closed, have access to residents only or have traffic calming measures should have these abolished and be open to traffic too?
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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on
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Agreed Charlotte A. It is somewhat contradictory when a few people feel because we live in London we can't complain about the traffic but the same people feel they can complain about dog shit, noisy neighbours, anti social behaviour, crime and rubbish etc.. Whightman Rd needs less cars as does Green Lanes and the rest of the country for that matter.
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Permalink Reply by Karen Alexander on
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Nothing makes me more angry than being told I am selfish because I want a healthier environment from myself, my family and my neighbours, that I chose to live on this polluted road (stupid me!). It was not such a busy polluted road when we bought here 20 years ago, it has become so by deliberate road strategies by the council.
Hate something, change something - make something better. That is not selfish.
There are enough to local people who think this is the way forward, those of you who want things to go back to how they were may for now have won a short lived victory, but be in no doubt, thIs is not the end of the campaign for change, it it just the beginning - and change will happen.
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Permalink Reply by Pat on
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And yet all the main plans will be to the detriment of your neighbours. That makes me angry.
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The partial closure of Wightman Road for the last six months has been without any traffic management in the wider area. A permanent solution would of course involve the whole area being managed, not just sticking barriers on Wightman.
By the way, we have lived here (Warham Road) for over 30 years and in that time locals have
- got cars off the pavement. They were allowed to park everywhere and anywhere.
- had width restrictions put at the junction of the road and Harringay Passage so it was safer for kids to cross on the way to and from school
- pushed for and got improved street sweeping. You actually did wade through rubbish all along the street at one time.
Are people really saying that we should just shut up and put up with whatever is wrong with the area we live in?
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It's not selfish to want to change something for the better. It is selfish when that change has a negative impact on your neighbours. It is not a way forward to create an isolated idyll at the expense of the surrounding environment and I have not yet heard a viable proposal that does not adversely affect traffic in other areas.
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Not a complete solution but there have been some suggestions like removing parking on Green Lanes; losing Sainsbury's and longer-term, an outer London congestion charge and electronic vehicles.
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Totally agree! Let's open up the gardens and Hermitage too.
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