Old Kent Road
Jeremy Leach, from Living Streets, fed back on
the issues discussed in the Old Kent Road workshop. Some of these
were:
- Potential removal of the Bricklayers
Arms flyover
- Bricklayers Arms subways, which are
about to be filled in
- The possibility of having a light
rail running down the Old Kent Road
- Lorries and dustcarts using side
streets, such as Rolls Road and Catlin Street
- Possible speed restriction to 30mph
between Rotherhithe New Road and New Kent Road
- Removal of the guard
railings
- Putting up images of children to
remind motorists to slow down
- Wider pavements to allow pedestrian
and cycle use
- Trees as visual, and noise reduction
measures
- Longer crossing period at pedestrian
crossings especially near Burgess Park, and before and after
school
- Possibility of building a pedestrian
bridge near the Tesco
- Enforcement action against speeding
and dangerous manoeuvres.
The chair remarked that a hierarchy of quickly
achievable goals could be established from this list.
London Bridge
Councillor Mark Gettleson fed back on the
items discussed in the London Bridge area workshop. Some of these
were:
- A survey of traffic movements around
the station
- Complaints about existing traffic
flows
- Possible pedestrianisation of St
Thomas Street
- Need for an assessment of traffic
flows in Leathermarket Street and Snowsfield
- Impact of taxis and deliveries to
the Shard
- Width of the cycle lane on
Bermondsey Street
- Blocked footway in the Bermondsey
Street tunnel
- Need for clearer no entry and
cycling signs at the Bermondsey Street / Long Lane junction
- Need for a local cycle safety
study
- Need for traffic studies to be
cross-referenced
- Undertaking by Network Rail to
dispose of rubble from the refurbishment works by rail, and their
recent proposal to use lorries through Weston Street
instead
- Bollards to prevent rat running
along Leathermarket Street, Bermondsey Street and Tanner
Street
- Making Shand Street one-way
southbound
- More and better signs urging
motorists to slow down.
ACTION: Officers to come back
to a future community council meeting with the results of the
traffic survey.
Lower Road
Councillor Anood Al-Samerai fed back on the
items discussed in the Lower Road/Jamaica Road workshop. Some of
these were:
- Detailed modelling needed following
on from the multi-modal study, which would allow the work to be
completed over the summer, if funding can be found
- Importance of factoring in
pedestrians
- Issues on Lower Road must be
discussed with London Borough of Lewisham
- Allowing right turns into Lower
Road
- Opening Plough Way
- Issues around Harmsworth Quays
- Getting businesses involved in the
process
- Managing the everyday life in the
area while works are taking place
- Review of the zebra crossing at
Seven Islands Leisure Centre
- Guard rail removal on Jamaica
Road
- End of the 24hr bus lanes on Jamaica
Road
- There should be yellow boxes at
crossings, and these should be designed for pedestrians not
cars
- The 188 bus stop is too close to the
roundabout.
ACTION: Councillors to write
to the Chief Executive of London Borough of Lewisham about the
issues around Lower Road.
ACTION: Officers to report
back casualty figures from Jamaica Road before and after the
removal of the guardrails, to a future meeting.