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Black dots: existing and new hard barriers (modal filters).
The Greenwich decision: long journeys around polluted boundaries under threat of heavy and arbitrary fining
Greenwich Council decided on 8 March on the most disruptive LTN option. It will force vehicle movement across east and west Greenwich on to the A2 (Blackheath Hill and Shooters Hill Road) as well as Woolwich and Trafalgar Roads. The options selected are the most environmentally and economically damaging and most opposed by the community Read more...
Greenwich Council decided on 8 March on the most disruptive LTN option. It will force vehicle movement across east and west Greenwich on to the A2 (Blackheath Hill and Shooters Hill Road) as well as Woolwich and Trafalgar Roads. The options selected are the most environmentally and economically damaging and most opposed by the community Read more...
Public Call-in on 31 July: last chance to stop traffic chaos
The Call-In to Scrutiny Committee on 31 July could force a reconsideration of the decision. The ‘options’ presented by Officers on which the LTN was chosen were based on assumptions about ‘traffic reductions’ that remain unproven, referred to minority ‘support’ for justification, and if brought in without prior consultation as an Experimental Traffic Order, be unlawful. Read more...
The Call-In to Scrutiny Committee on 31 July could force a reconsideration of the decision. The ‘options’ presented by Officers on which the LTN was chosen were based on assumptions about ‘traffic reductions’ that remain unproven, referred to minority ‘support’ for justification, and if brought in without prior consultation as an Experimental Traffic Order, be unlawful. Read more...
Last year's online consultation gave decisive thumbs down to the LTN plan
Up to 80% of respondents objected to options for the new scheme - designed to force walking, wheeling and cycling on dangerously steep gradients and push local traffic to heavily polluted boundaries. Here' how the community reacted ... Read more...
Up to 80% of respondents objected to options for the new scheme - designed to force walking, wheeling and cycling on dangerously steep gradients and push local traffic to heavily polluted boundaries. Here' how the community reacted ... Read more...
Lessons of the failed West Greenwich 2020 scheme have been ignored
The Council fought privately to suppress cross borough objections to LTN boundary road displacement, as well as emergency service complaints about delays caused by the barriers. A specialist transport report did not support the Council's analysis of traffic movement, and detailed broader trends that should inform decisions, such as big box retailing on the Peninsula, and London wide emissions actions
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The Council fought privately to suppress cross borough objections to LTN boundary road displacement, as well as emergency service complaints about delays caused by the barriers. A specialist transport report did not support the Council's analysis of traffic movement, and detailed broader trends that should inform decisions, such as big box retailing on the Peninsula, and London wide emissions actions
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Boundary road system reduces life chances of low income families
The LTN method of forcing ALL vehicles around the boundary has toxic and unfair consequences for those taking traffic from affluent 'protected' areas. Experts say the worst pollution in the borough is on the boundaries to the scheme. Read more... New government guidance could test the lawfulness of the Council's 8 March decision
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