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Thank you to everybody who has provided feedback to us on the temporary measures we’ve been introducing across the borough. Your feedback is crucial in helping us to make it safer and easier to walk and cycle, to prevent traffic from taking short-cuts down known rat-runs, and to create space for pedestrians and bikes at key pressure points to support social distancing.
Data is being gathered to build up a full picture of the impact of the changes. We have baseline measurements on traffic volume and air quality, and are starting to take comparative measurements now. We continue to ask what the findings mean for our residents and local businesses. This will inform the plans moving forward. The timescales for considering whether schemes should be permanent will be informed by the easing of the lockdown restrictions and travel patterns settling into a 'new normal'.
Enforcement cameras for Lee Green
From today, cameras are being installed at all four modal filter locations on bus and emergency services routes: in Dermody Road, Manor Lane, Manor Park and Ennersdale Road. This means that any driver, with the exception of bus and emergency vehicle drivers, who passes through these filters will be recorded on camera and issued with a penalty charge notice. The charge is set by London Councils at £130 (or a reduced rate if paid within 14 days). It is expected that this will help reduce some of the traffic taking alternative that have been identified to the west of the railway line.
Responding to your feedback
We have received a large number of comments on the Lee Green Low Traffic Area in particular, following the introduction of modal filters (planters and bollards) to stop motorists using side streets as short cuts. In response to many of these comments, we have been:
• Increasing the number of road signs and making them easier to see in areas where drivers told us the signage wasn’t clear enough, for example in Upwood Road and Woodyates Road.
• Installing extra bollards on footways to ensure that motorists cannot avoid the filters by driving on the footway.
• Working with Satnav providers to update their systems after motorists told us they had been directed down a road they couldn’t drive through – and then had to make a U-turn in a small, residential street.
Supporting local businesses in Brockley
Coulgate Street, near Brockley Station, is being closed from Monday to through traffic from 8am until 10pm each day to help create safe space for social distancing and to support the economic recovery of local businesses as shops, cafes and other businesses reopen. The measures are in response to over 300 comments from local people and following discussions with local businesses.
If you would like to suggest a scheme, please visit the website to add your ideas. If you are interested in applying for a pavement licence, you can find information on how to apply here.
Help us stop vandalism
Some of the planters and bollards have been vandalised. Vandalism is a criminal offence and if you see anyone committing this, please report it to the police first by calling 101 or online, ideally adding photos or video footage and a registration number if you can – but not if it would mean putting yourself at risk. After this, please report the damage to us via the Council switchboard on 020 8314 6000 with confirmation that you have reported it to police. We will seek to reinstate it as soon as possible. Our funding is limited so making these repairs will impact on our ability to introduce further measures to support these schemes.
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