"Noticable"!!! You have got to be joking. Have you been standing there tallying for days on end? No. Barber, seriously, stop this now. You very nearly came a cropper with the CPZ fiasco due to your hatred of cars. Do not repeat it here. James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The we was my ward councillors and I several years > when we undertook to make these changes happen. At > various points former Cllrs Richard Thomas, > Jonathan Mitchell and current fellow councillor > Rosie Shimell. > > Hi wulfhound, > I agree. But we don't get a proportion of the > total value of the street to improve it. We > usually but not always get a relatively small > amount of devolved capital budget (?88,000 this > FY) to spend on projects covering the whole ward > of 5,250 homes. > > Hi Andrew1011, > I attempted to have UK stone used but was over > ruled by the Labour administration of Southwark > Council. I am an opposition councillor so I don't > get what I consider common sense as often as I'd > like. > > Hi Jenny1, > I would agree a larger proportion of traffic goes > East dulwich Grove from/to the west and up the > northern length of Melbourne Grove. But a > noticeable portion goes north south along both > sections - is it all local traffic to Melbourne > residents - it feels larger volume that that - but > I've not noticed many cars coming in and out of > the Melbourne/Lordship Lane junction. It could be > people then using Ashbourne/Chesterfield to reach > their streets across Lordship Lane or could be > residents. > That after all is what the study is meant to be > about. Working out the traffic flows before and > after the proposal so we can then decide what we > think should be consulted on. > IF it shows the closure shouldn't proceed it might > result in no consultation and the current bumps > being upgraded.