News on Lewisham Safer Streets

We have been listening to feedback from residents and the impacts to streets in the area. As a result, we will be making changes to the measures we originally put in place on George Lane.

In December, we will be removing the existing modal filter and replacing it with a weight restriction preventing access to heavy goods vehicles. This is aimed at alleviating heavy-goods and other traffic pressure from Springrice Road, while providing George Lane residents with protection from lorries.

In the New Year this measure will be complemented with additional traffic management measures in the wider area with appropriate signage, including advanced warning signs and updating Sat Nav companies. More information will be shared in due course.

We will continue to monitor this area.

We are in contact with schools in the LTN area about the introduction of School Streets, a scheme which brings timed closures of some streets around school drop-off and pick-up times. We are looking to introduce the scheme to schools within the LTN as quickly as possible.

We have already worked with many schools across the borough to implement similar schemes, which help improve road safety and air quality for children travelling to and from school each day. So far we have introduced 10 schemes, with another 16 planned between now and January.

The schemes also aim to support people in making as many trips as possible to and from school on foot or by bike, rather than by car. They are an important part of our strategy to promote sustainable travel and of our wider commitment to tackling the climate emergency.