Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Please Help Us Raise £700 to Fund a Leaflet Printrun
For those of you who are active on HoL, you'll be very much aware of Haringey Council's transport study. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for all Harringay's residents to have their say on how best to reduce our excessive traffic burden. To that end, we want to ensure that all residents are FULLY informed on the options available.
Unlike Haringey Council, we do not have a juggernaut PR system pushing our message, or the money to pay for it. So we are asking for your help. We want to raise money to fund a print run of leaflets for Wightman and all the Ladder roads, plus other events to raise awareness.
If you'd like to help us raise funds for the second phase of our campaign; to create a safer, healthier, happier Harringay for everyone, then please click the link below which will take you to our Just Giving page.
Thank you.
Yes, I would like to help raise £700 to fund leaflets If you'd like more information, or get involved, please check out our Living Wightman Blog or Facebook Page.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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But sure Andy, if the proposal was to close the road no one, or perhaps only those with permitted access, would have access. Filtering is entirely different in that it splits one very long road into sections so that anyone, local or from wherever, can access any part of it. The only thing that anyone, including people living on the road, can't do is drive end to end.
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Permalink Reply by andy h on
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So roads to nowhere then -- that's closing it .
As I said speak plainly.
I've no problem with joe's or living Wightman's desire to close it (tho I think it shouldn't happen)
But stop drippping this filtering syrup into people's ears as if the closure will have NO effect on anyone living on the ladder or wider area at all.
If you live at the north end of wightman and your normal drive to sainsburys (if that's what you do) is south to Endymion the road. The road is closed.
So say so..
Stop the "" the road will be filtered and thats fine because we'll be all be OK. it will only put a stop to through traffic""
It's to stop the north south movement of anything.
I think that's being economical with the .. Filtering.
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Goodness me, there seems little point in trying to have any kind of adult debate with you if you're just going to be rude!
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I'm sorry Michael, I had no intention of offending you or anyone else.
But the point still stands.
Speak plainly.
I'm sure everyone fully understands what's meant by filtering. But there maybe some that may not and for them and clarity. It needs to be spelt out.
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Sorry about the above, just had a late night attack of the 'Meldrew's'
Points are still valid tho.
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Permalink Reply by Gina Fenton on
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This thread supports closing Wightman Road so you can no longer drive South to North or vice Versa. Now I understand that I can see it's a dreadful idea. My son in law lives south end, commutes this route daily. Public transport not an option. Fortunately it's such a bad idea that the council would never support it (though never say never with Harringay!). I certainly won't be sending you any cash, I'm afraid. And I agree, speak plainly!
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You only have to look a look at the Wood Green Consultation plan to realise that Haringey Council have absolutely no intention of closing/filtering/messing up Wightman Road
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And that's wrong as well. Wightman needs help. The question has always been what help?
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Gina, you just told us that one way is a bad idea and cited your own experience. If Wightman isn't filtered making it one way is likely. The arguments made by yourself and this site's owner against one way are persuasive--in particular that drivers go faster when there is no traffic coming at them.
I wonder though if this will be the case here for my understanding is that the one way system would also mean a cycle lane and bicycles would be going both directions.
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Permalink Reply by JoeW on
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Hi Knavel - my guess is the council are hoping some people will be tempted to support the one-way Wightman solution because of the new 2-way cycle lane it offers. The example given in the consultant's shortlist document is Cable Street - one-way traffic, two-way cycle lane (Cable Street is part of Cycle Superhighway 3), full-width pavements (so no pavement parking), parking restricted to one side. Here's a screenshot from a youtube video of Cable Street:
Full-width pavements and a cycle path certainly meet some key objectives of the transport study. But, apart from the fact that building safe, properly segregated cycle paths is pretty expensive (so, will the council actually do it properly or just put some paint on the road?), it's a fail on other key objectives because sooner or later the one-way system will just induce even more traffic onto Wightman, particularly given the scale of local building developments (e.g. new flats at Hornsey Station, new flats and a Sainsburys superstore on Hornsey High Street, hundreds of new flats off Mary Neuner Road and a completely new shopping city in Wood Green).
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If it were set up like that, where would all the cars currently parked on Wightman Road move to?
Rhetorical question.
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