Goose Green councillors - how can we help?

[Siduhe]

Thanks northernmonkey - that's what I understood too. It's a little frustrating that each LTN is being discussed in isolation, which is exactly what I thought Southwark had said they wouldn't do. I've asked if there are similar meetings planned for the DV LTN.

On their own, there's a lot to like about these proposals and solutions (as well as a lot of things that need to be improved for other nearby residents) but what's missing is any kind of joined up thinking about the overall impact on our area.

[jamesmcash]

Hi all

Public meeting

Yes the public meeting is focused on the East Dulwich scheme. The two schemes clearly interact with one another so I expect people will raise questions and points about how the two schemes intersect - that's fine of course.

This meeting came about because we Goose Green councillors pushed for it. We felt that it was important that residents have opportunity to share their views about how it is going, and to ask questions. This doesn't mean there won't be a similar meeting for Dulwich Village later, or one that considers a wider area. We just felt it was important to get this one in the diary now.

Support for local businesses

I have a message from our cabinet member for local businesses, Cllr Cryan:

We have today opened up the application process for the COVID Additional Restrictions Grants to support those businesses who are not eligible for the Local Restrictions Grants. This grant scheme is open to small and micro businesses who have been legally required to close during the current lockdown but who are not business rates payers and businesses who are not required to close but have been severely impacted by the current restrictions put in place.

The deadline for all applications is 8th December and I am attaching full details https://www.southwark.gov.uk/business/business-support-and-advice/covid-19-support-and-information-for-businesses-and-employers?chapter=7

I hope that's useful for some of the small businesses in the area.

Best wishes,

James

[Rockets]

Can someone who lives in the Goose Green ward please extend my thanks to Cllr McAsh for pushing to get this meeting in place? ;-)

[legalalien]

My suspicions were correct!!! Good work James (but it is a little depressing to see how the residents of some wards are represented more effectively than others). I won't hold my breath regarding a meeting on the DV closures.

[Abe_froeman]

Hello James

I was absolutely appalled to read how this person has been treated by the council.

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,2169743

[jamesmcash]

Thanks for flagging up.

Best wishes

James

[Abe_froeman]

Thanks James.

Accessing services must sometimes seem very hard for those who are not connected to modern tech

[Hoi Polloi]

Once again Underhill Road is dug up at the junction with Upland Road and traffic blocked.

I havent seen anybody working there for the past two weeks.

When is this road going to open?

[jamesmcash]

Hi Hoi Polloi,

This junction is in Dulwich Hill, not Goose Green. I'm sure Cllrs Browning ([email protected]) and Hartley ([email protected]) would be happy to help you if you contact them.

Best wishes

James

[Abe_froeman]

Lol

[alex_b]

James, the council is selling off The Belham Primary School's Caretaker's House by auction next week without consulting the school or putting in place a safeguarding plan. Although the school is in Rye Lane ward, many pupils come from Goose Green ward. Can you investigate and urgently intervene please?

[Sue]

alex_b Wrote:

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> James, the council is selling off The Belham

> Primary School's Caretaker's House by auction next

> week without consulting the school or putting in

> place a safeguarding plan. Although the school is

> in Rye Lane ward, many pupils come from Goose

> Green ward. Can you investigate and urgently

> intervene please?

The auction has been stopped. See the other thread in this section.

[smooch]

So the ruling is that pollution significantly contributed to the death of a child (who lived close to the south cirular) With this is mind, this must surely trigger some sort of investigation as to how the LTN's are causing significant increases in pollution along this same road. Of course, the current situation means that public transport is a less attractive prospect, however the southcircular from Lancaster avenue, all the way up to the harvester was very slow moving/stationary this afternoon. Similarly, turning the corner towards east dulwich, the traffic queuing in the other direction was backed up to friern road. It is very clear to me that the main roads are very heavily congested. every saturday lordship lane is completely chocker heading down to goose green. The people benefiting from the restricted access roads are the very people who have large front and back gardens protecting them from traffic. The higher numbers of people/children attending the schools and nurseries are dealing with higher pollution. I just don't get it....

[Lynne]

Hi

You may have tried to help with the postal service already, but I'm afraid it's got even worse, and I didn't think that was possible

In the week before Christmas we have had no post for a week.

Both my husband and I are expecting financial documents,which is very worrying and where are all Christmas cards? If someone is being paid to deliver to Worlingham Rd, they'd not doing their job

It's very hard to come realise that the postal service is now useless. I've never known it anything like this and it's not just COVID, it was dire as soon as they closed Sylvester Rd

Lots of local people are complaining, but it seems to be getting us nowhere.

[tomskip]

I completely agree with Lynne's message above. Some might say that receiving post is the last thing we need to worry about in a pandemic but there are actually vital items of post just not getting through. Included in this is hospital appointment letters, fines, time-sensitive letters with deadlines (like bills). As an added bonus it would be nice to receive cards and presents in time for birthdays and even Christmas too.

[rachp]

Hi James, referring to your message about ways to manage litter differently.... North X road bins are not emptied over the weekend which given how busy that road is with the street market and cafes etc. seems crazy. By Sunday morning, they are spilling all over the pavement. I have raised it with the council team and they have told me they are usually emptied but this has not happened over the weekend since before September. Given the bins are emptied on Lordship Lane, surely the two bins on north x could be added to the schedule- the time saved by not emptying them must be lost by the clean up job on a Monday morning. When I pointed out that according to Southwark website, busy retail areas are cleaned at least daily, I was told that this applies to places like Rye Lane that has its bins emptied three times a day. Knowing this, surely North X could get some attention at least once over the weekend. As other posts on here indicate, North X on a Saturday is indeed, very busy! I would have thought bin emptying should be a standard activity where a street market is licensed and generates income for the council.

[Nigello]

Re the litter - doubling up single bins would also help, as would insisting the street cleaners place blue bags on top of bins to stop foxes. Many do but some don?t.

[whodhavethoughit]

Are you still running the meetings at the community centre? I would very much like to speak to one of you.

Thank you

[Pugwash]

The Councillors' surgeries at the East Dulwich Community Centre have not resumed after previous lock downs, but Councillors can be reached via their email accounts.

[monica]

Yes councillors can be reached, however the only proactive councillor is James McCash.

[AylwardS]

I know there have been numerous posts on here about the local restrictions / road closures and a meeting has been arranged to discuss the recent East Dulwich Closures but could I urge people as well as commenting on here to respond ?officially? to the experimental orders - these can be put in without consultation and people can comment for 6 months. Those comments should be taken into account when the council reviews and takes a decision on whether a permanent order should be made. Call me a cynic but does Commonplace have any legal standing? This forum certainly doesn?t.

I was caught by the bus gate in Dulwich Village this morning and have emailed the Highways department and copied in my local Councillor. I?m sure others have their own experiences - good and bad.

?TMO2021-EXP16_LSP Dulwich 2

FAO Southwark Highways department for considering whether the provisions of the experimental order/s should be continued in force indefinitely, by means of a permanent order.

FAO Sarah King as my local ward councillor as this affects residents of the ward.

I generally support the introduction of LSPs and road closures as I believe more people could walk journeys they do by car.

We?ve had our car for four years and it has done less than 20,000 miles as we only use it to travel out of London. When driving in London I expect the journey to take longer than the Sat Nav says and to encounter traffic. That?s just how it is given the number of cars on the road.

Habits need to change and leaving it to people isn?t going to work in our lifetime so unfortunately those who support the council?s aims will suffer some inconvenience if they are drivers. I can accept this and adapt my journeys to just travel on main roads but the experimental order for Dulwich goes too far with the inclusion of the restriction on Dulwich Village northbound.

I drove from Belair Park to East Dulwich at 9.30 this morning. I thought this would be ok as the LSP restrictions only applied to side roads, not the main road through the village. This was my mistake.

I saw the sign but thought I had missed part of it indicating it applied to a road coming up - I was concentrating on the traffic / looking out for pedestrians. I understand the restrictions apply today, although whether they are needed outside school term time I would question, but do not think Dulwich Village should be included.

The other restrictions will prompt a reduction in car use and only the reduced number of vehicles will be using Dulwich Village so this appears to me an unnecessary restriction.

Also as an East Dulwich resident I only use two routes from Dulwich Village to East Dulwich. The route through the village or travelling up the South Circular and then down Lordship Lane. I consider both of these main roads which should remain available to cars. I don?t choose to drive down residential roads, indeed in areas I know I often ignore the instruction from the Sat Nav and stick to the main roads. Is there another alternative on main roads I am unaware of?

I realise the council needs to balance road use and the needs of residents but these restrictions don?t only affect residents of Dulwich Village but also other Southwark residents.

It is good to see that emergency vehicles, and therefore ambulance access to the hospital is exempt from the restrictions. There is going to be increased traffic on other routes due to displaced traffic.

Please can you consider removing Dulwich Village from the provision of the order should it be made permanent.?

[AllisonAdler]

Please could you have the bottom of Cox's Walk reopened asap?

[dennyboy1]

EDIT: Did some googling, seems this has been an issue for decades. Ignore me! 😅

New to ED so am possibly behind the curve on this ? but am already a bit bored of playing chicken with cars at the crossing of East Dulwich Grove with Lordship Lane. Seems to me it's as major a crossing as those which meet at the roundabout (which has plenty of furniture to help pedestrians cross safely) and this doesn't have any way of helping people cross. Has there not been any consideration of a crossing at this point?

[KidKruger]

I think there has been consideration and it is that the traffic must not be stopped.

You have right of way when crossing EDG (against cars turning into EDG) I believe, but it takes some bottle to apply that against aggressive/entitled drivers !

[decca]

Hello. Appreciate it?s just out of your ward but presumably lots of your constituents value Sydenham Hill Woods just by the plough which is a community open green space but has been padlocked off. No communication and would really value someone taking a look into this. Thank you.