This part of the meeting will focus on traffic and transport issues in the Dulwich community council area.
Representatives from Transport for London (TfL) and Southwark Council will be present to talk about current transport schemes which need to be delivered.
There will be a question and answer session at the end of each presentation.
Minutes:
Barbara Selby, Head of transport planning and representatives of Transport for London (TfL) spoke about the Southwark transport plan which sets out long term goals and transport objectives for the borough which would be a 20 year programme.
It would also include a 3 year programme of investment and the targets and the outcomes the council are hope to achieve. The Southwark Transport Plan was in response to the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and other relevant policies.
Details of the Transport Plan could be found on the Southwark website it includes information about transport objectives, a delivery plan that would be costed and funded plan, performance monitoring plan and locally specific targets which would be used to assess whether the plan is delivering its objectives.
Matt Hill from Public Realm spoke about the options for the Paxton Green roundabout.
Option 1: A map of the location was shown at the meeting indicating the proposed the changes in conjunction with Lambeth and TfL. It would address road safety issues known as the ‘convention solution’. Officers would be consulting on this possibly in the new year or around Spring in 2012.
Option 2: The creation of a priority junction to make it more useable. The council would consult again about the pedestrian space within the vicinity of the roundabout. It would address the parking issue as well particular with regard to disabled parking.
The officer took questions from the audience about the cost element of this project. Matt explained options 1 and 2 were in the preliminary stages and any changes whether it be relatively modest would be expensive, but would make a profound difference to what it is now.
Cllr Hayes commented on the traffic light crossing by the Paxton Green Group Practice stating that in the short term adjustments to the phasing of traffic lights should be looked at in the short term.
Barbara said she had contacted TfL and asked if this could be looked at. Some people felt that a pedestrian phase was not always the solution, as it slowed down traffic. Others felt that the focus should be on those junctions which have a higher rate of reported casualties and accidents.
People in the audience asked whether the consultation meetings would involve local businesses as there were not many people from the Kingswood area at the meeting.
TfL representative, Dan Johnson explained the cost of the works would be taken from TfL’s capital funding and possibly S106 monies would be incorporated in this.
Other views expressed included:
Red Post Hill traffic islands especially where cars are parked close to the islands, made it difficult for transport buses to manoeuvre around them. The Council should therefore consider repositioning the islands, or introduce double yellow lines.
A short debate on controlled parking in the area was discussed. A local trader referred to the length of time for short stay parking and the problems with commuter parking. He said it was important for these views to be taken into account when a final decision on controlled parking would be considered by the relevant cabinet member, Cllr Hargrove.