Lewisham Council has launched a six-week consultation on its low-traffic neighbourhood in Lee Green and Hither Green, which was introduced last summer to stop rat-running through residential streets in the area. The scheme was brought in under Covid-19 emergency transport measures last year to make it easier for residents to walk and cycle while capacity in […]
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Planters to be replaced by cameras in west Greenwich’s low-traffic neighbourhood
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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Greenwich Council asks Royal Parks to reopen Greenwich Park to through traffic
Greenwich Council has asked if Greenwich Park can be re-opened to traffic each morning to deal with persistent congestion in the area following the lifting of lockdown resources. Sarah Merrill, the new cabinet member for transport and sustainability, said that a “cocktail” of circumstances – including the council’s own low-traffic neighbourhood in west Greenwich and […]
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Greenwich Council puts brakes on low-traffic scheme in Eltham’s Page Estate
Plans to stop through traffic from driving through the Page Estate in Eltham have been dropped by Greenwich Council after protests from drivers. Greenwich and Transport for London had planned to place cameras on Eltham Green Road, which is due to become part of a cycle route between Eltham High Street and Greenwich Park – […]
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Greenwich Conservatives to demand referendums on low-traffic neighbourhoods
Conservative councillors have demanded that referendums should be held before low-traffic neighbourhood schemes are introduced in Greenwich, and are calling for the extension of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone to the South Circular Road in October to be scrapped. A motion to be put before next Wednesday’s council meeting calls for plans for LTNs to […]
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Greenwich Park stays closed to through traffic for another year
Greenwich Park will be closed to through traffic for another year after a consultation found strong support for blocking the green space to motorists. The north-south route through the park had been open to cars at peak times until nearly a year ago, when it was closed to traffic as part of coronavirus measures. While […]
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Westcombe Park residents should be able to drive through traffic blocks, ward councillors say
Two councillors have called for local residents to be allowed to drive through proposed road closures planned for streets between Greenwich Park and the Blackwall Tunnel approach. Conservative Geoff Brighty and Labour’s Leo Fletcher, who both represent the Blackheath Westcombe ward, spoke as their colleagues on Greenwich Council’s highways committee recommended an existing low-traffic neighbourhood […]
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Council wanted Greenwich Park to be used as morning rush-hour traffic route
Greenwich Council wanted Greenwich Park to be a temporary route for morning rush-hour motorists because of the increase in traffic levels after the first lockdown, after months of it being closed to through traffic. On Sunday, 853 revealed that the council had objected to plans to make a ban on rat-running through the park permanent, […]
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