Sparrowhawk

Usually Croxteth Road garden centre - by the railway arches - have a decent selection at this time of year. The garden centre in West Dulwich too.

On the statistics side - i.e. the ?feedback? that Southwark used to justify the DV junction closure - the data has been so alarmingly misrepresented that we?re forced to conclude either (a) Southwark simply can?t grasp basic (i.e. GCSE level) statistical analysis; or (b) they?re happy to deliberately play fast-and-loose with statistics to achieve their policies. And it?s certainly far from the first time - i.e. the famous ?47% increase in traffic through the junction? that Southwark tried to get us to believe, when the baseline for that figure was a period in 2017 when the junction was partially close for roadworks! Honestly, for many of us, this whole episode has shattered any presumption we might have had in good governance, ethics and/or basic competency by our council. And Siduhue, agree, very good post. Sadly such good sense doesn?t seem to resonate with Southwark, but I suppose we can all live in hope.

Everyone?s entitled to an opinion, but Dogkennelhillbilly it?d take you 30 seconds on the One Dulwich website to see that compromise is exactly what they?re after - ?One Dulwich supports area-wide timed restrictions (after consultation with the local community on hours of restriction, access, and location of entry/exit points) as a more proportionate, and more socially just, solution.? And again disagree if you like, but I know a number of prominent One Dulwich members and can only observe that IMO they are indeed primarily driven by social justice. Many are Labour voters (possibly LibDem at the margins) and are totally furious that a Labour-led council could have enacted such a socially regressive, ill thought out policy and done it in such a partisan manner with such poor democratic accountability. Many actually live on the affluent DV roads that ?benefit? from reduced traffic (i.e. at the expense of poorer neighbours) and are far from regular car-drivers but are genuinely looking beyond narrow self-interest. Trying to defame them with bizarre references to Ulster politicians is hilariously misjudged.

Once again, it's hilariously obtuse to try, with a straight face, to imply that Court Lane is a 'cut through' or 'narrow residential street'. I've lived in Dulwich since the 1970s and that road, while residential, has always been a critical part of the network for both local and through traffic. It is wide, straight, perfectly capable of carrying a sensible amount of traffic...but is currently sitting almost empty. While other roads sit in nose-to-tail traffic and pollution as a result.

It's hilariously obtuse to try to characterise Court Lane as a 'side road' - it's one of the straightest, widest roads in the area! Today's mess quite obviously isn't primarily caused by the DV road closure...but by removing the most obvious diversion route (i.e. DV / Court Lane / Lordship Lane) it is absolutely making the impact far worse. It simply highlights yet another reason why the DV closure is so flawed - i.e. deliberately pushing traffic onto an ever smaller number of roads reduces the resilience of the network to absorb external shocks by making temporary work-arounds unavailable.