Saturday 24 March 2007

Cycle track through King George's Park

LCN+ CRISP
Received 20 March 2007

The cycle track through the park from Strathville Road to mapleton Road is being examined as part of the London cycle network LCN+ programme.

The deadline for initial comments is 9 April 2007
WCC will be putting in a response, so please leave any comments on the track and how it could be improved for cyclists here or via the WCC website.

Thursday 15 March 2007

Junction Lavender Hill & Mossbury Rd. SW11

Traffic Management Order TMO868 - Received 15 March 2007

To introduce waiting and loading restrictions operating at any time on north side of Lavender Hill near this junction and on both sides of Mossbury Road as far as the existing parking bays.

This will help reduce parking on Lavender Hill and so reduce the times uphill cyclists will need to pull out around parked vehicles.

We propose to support this TMO.

Deadline for response to council is 5th April 2007.

Charlwood Road SW15 (again)

Traffic Management Order: TMO866 - Received 15/03/2007

Our Lady of Victories School - To introduce all day wailting restrictions on both sides of the road alongside the school frontage.

This is a consequence of the kerb build-outs described earlier.

We do not propose any objections.

Deadline for responses to the council is 5th April 2007

Wednesday 14 March 2007

Putney High Street - Putney Bridge Road

Local safety scheme - Received 8 March 2007

The proposal is for extensive works on Putney High Street and to all the junctions between Putney Bridge Road and the Lower Richmond Road / Putney Bridge. The effect will be to bring the cycle lanes and cycle advanced stop boxes up to the current minimum specifications in the London Cycling Design Standards (LCDS). So, for example, the current narrow (0.8 m ?) lanes will be widened to 1.5 m and ASL's will be put in where they are currently missing. The road surface will be re-surfaced in parts to remove ruts, cycle lanes will be coloured green and bus lanes and pedestrian crossings coloured red. There will be a new table entry treatment at Weimar Road. Parallel improvements to pedestrian crossing facilities are also proposed.

At first glance it looks as if this proposal should be welcomed - but we need to look very carefully at the details to make sure that it does not introduce any unintended problems.

Deadline for comments to Wandsworth Council is 20 March 2007.

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Charlwood Road SW15

Safety scheme for Our Lady of Victories Primary School
Received 22/2/07

The Council proposes to build a raised crossing and footway buildouts outside the school.

We had no objections to the scheme, other than to the use of guard rails to limit pedestrian movements.

Deadline for comments was 5/3/07

Mitcham Road SW17 - Outside Smith Bros.

TMO 867 - Received 14/03/07

The Council wish to alter the current arrangement of loading bays to make way for a new bus stop bay. The existing bay nearest Franciscan Road will be made shorter, then the new bus stop will be introduced, with a new loading bay extending right up to the zig-zags of the pedestrian crossing near Vant Road. The hours of operation of the loading bays will not change (10-4 M-S for 30 min.).

These changes do not significantly change the complex nature of this road. We do not propose to object to this TMO, but will campaign for a 20 mph zone in this area.

Deadline for responses 10 April 2007

Junction of Sisters Ave. & Thirsk Road SW11

Traffic Management Order - TMO869 - Received 14/03/07

The Council wish to put in a new parking bay 15 m long on Sisters Avenue just to the north of the juction with Thirsk Road (outside Nos. 51 & 53).

It looks to me as if this parking bay would narrow Sisters Road at a bend very near a junction. I guess that a parking bay was probably not put there before because it was considered dangerous.

I think we should object to this on the grounds of danger to cyclists using Sisters Road.

Any comments??

Deadline for responses 2 April (I will respond on behalf of WCC next week)

What's all this then?

This is a bit of an experiment by the Council Liaison team of Wandsworth Cycling Campaign to help get more peope involved in commenting on the consultation documents we get from Wandsworth Council and Transport for London.

With over 650 members in Wandsworth, we should have access to a cycling expert on every street in the Borough. We need that expertise to comment on the stream of consultations that land on the doormat. If we don't comment, then the powers that be can say that the cyclists were asked and did not object - but there's no way that a small group of volunteers can give a proper consideration to all this stuff, particularly given the short times allowed for a response.

So if you're a cyclist in the London borough of Wandsworth, then have a look at what's in the heap and let us know what you think. If all this means nothing to you, then you're probably in the wrong place!