Planters in Greenwich borough’s only low-traffic neighbourhood are to be replaced by cameras after “alarming” feedback from emergency services, the town hall’s new cabinet member for transport has said. Sarah Merrill said that using cameras could allow flexibility for future low-traffic neighbourhoods to only be in operation for certain times of the day, and would […]
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Hills and Vales: Use cameras, not planters, to close roads, ambulance chiefs told Greenwich Council
The London Ambulance Service called for Greenwich Council to use cameras rather than planters for its low-traffic neighbourhood in some of the borough’s most affluent streets, correspondence between the two bodies reveals. Documents revealed under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that neither the ambulance service nor the London Fire Brigade objected to the closure […]
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Maze Hill could get relief from rat-run jams with its own road blocks
Relief could be on the way for frustrated residents who live in streets east of Greenwich Park who have endured traffic jams since the introduction of an anti-ratrunning scheme the other side of the park. Greenwich Council has indicated it could spend some of £711,000 in funding from Transport for London on modal filters to […]
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No evidence Maze Hill jams are down to low-traffic neighbourhood, Greenwich Council leader says
There is no evidence that measures to stop rat-running drivers in west Greenwich are causing traffic jams in east Greenwich, council leader Danny Thorpe said last night. Streets around Crooms Hill and Royal Hill, to the west of Greenwich Park, have had planters placed on them since August to block through traffic and encourage walking […]
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Traffic petition pits east against west as Greenwich locals complain of jams
A petition against a scheme to make it easier to walk and cycle in west Greenwich has reached over 1,000 signatures after residents in east Greenwich complained they were suffering increased traffic jams and rat-running. Greenwich Council’s “Hills and Vales” scheme closed off Crooms Hill and streets around Royal Hill to all except pedestrians and […]
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Drivers could face curbs as council targets west Greenwich rat-runners
Drivers could be blocked from travelling down some of Greenwich’s most affluent streets as part of a council plan to combat rat-running in the roads close to Greenwich Park. Roads including Crooms Hill and Hyde Vale could be blocked to through traffic to stop motorists using the quiet streets as a cut-through between the A2 […]
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