Bad traffic jams

[Lynne]

Currently very bad jams on all roads leading to the LL roundabout. It's being re-built, I think and there are temporary traffic lights

[kford]

A taste of what traffic lights at the junction of ED Grove and LL would be like

[alice]

Reroute buses and bikes down Melbourne

[KidKruger]

Yeah I was in part of this, took me 20 mins from WR butchers to Dulwich DIY !!

I guess this was exacerbated by the street closures elsewhere ?

[northernmonkey]

A driver crashed into the Goose Green Roundabout at the beginning of the month causing a fair amount of damage.

Conway are rebuilding it but because it needs a lot of work and i guess there is no where safe to do that from without closing the road, they've had to put traffic lights in.

[ab29]

The traffic has been much worse since the school reopened and it will get worse when the lockdown restriction are lifted - due the so-called LTNs.

[heartblock]

Honestly, just open the LTNs on days where there ate roadworks or temp traffic signals..they are actually roads! Southwark get you act together.

[macutd]

Yes, if Melbourne rd was open there probably wouldn't be a jam!!!

[KidKruger]

This stuff just turns East Dulwich into a shitehole.

Unless you live in one of the closed-off streets, I presume.

[KidKruger]

In reply to https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,2193682,2193735#msg-2193735

heartblock Wrote:

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> Honestly, just open the LTNs on days where there

> ate roadworks or temp traffic signals..they are

> actually roads! Southwark get you act together.

And that?s just it, with the recent road closures the contingency for routes has been removed. So when an issue on a main artery arises (several times already in the last 12 months, no?) there is pure gridlock. Well that?s really fecking clever.

Perhaps these stoopid decisions had to occur so that we?d (the council) get the chance to see how unrealistic they are in practice, at least for the moment.

The principle is sound, but I think further actual practical forethought and gradual acceleration of supporting schemes is needed to have succeeded before attempting this next time.

I was just waiting, just waiting, for the sound of an ambulance and the blue flashing lights, to see what happens in this gridlock. One thing that occurred to me was that if I have a heart attack and an ambulance is needed, I?m dead. Most people would be with such gridlock - the ambulance couldn?t even get TO you. Traffic congestion like that means you?re living as good as many miles away from the hospital.

Anyway, I didn?t see an ambulance, how could I? If there had been one it couldn?t have got to LL where I was today in gridlock.

That?s a pretty serious change to your options. Never needed it myself, but I?d much rather have the option of being saved by an ambulance, or having someone drive me to hospital in the case of an emergency. Today was another example of that being as likely to happen as getting an invite to the Dulwich Square tea dance.

[natty01295]

alice Wrote:

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> Reroute buses and bikes down Melbourne

What , why

[Mrs D]

Traffic jams are still very bad down LL/Goose Green roundabout. I would avoid driving there if you can.

[Lynne]

Shows how much the council actually cares about air quality. I never thought they gave a monkey's for their ratepayers convenience but I was prepared to believe they might want cleaner air. Why couldn't they open the side roads?

Obviously no-one from The Village is being affected

[march46]

Not sure why the roadworks haven't been carried out overnight, given it's such a major route.

[KidKruger]

march46 Wrote:

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> Not sure why the roadworks haven't been carried

> out overnight, given it's such a major route.

Because it's not about the road user, it's about the council - I expect !

[Nigello]

They would have to pay overtime, I would think, so that makes it more expensive. Anyway, a great opportunity for those to try another option..(though I feel for the emergency services using this route).

[nxjen]

march46 Wrote:

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> Not sure why the roadworks haven't been carried

> out overnight, given it's such a major route.

I?m sure those who live close by are very glad they weren?t

[alice]

Hi Natty,

176 and 185 would skip the jam on lordship lane. Faster buses mean more people use them. Melbourne grove would becomea bike and bus route. Many NHS workers and other essential workers use that route

[macutd]

Come on council listen to the people that you are paid to represent.!!

[Melihoople]

Does anyone know how long these road works are going on for?

[Spartacus]

Apparently only another day, but that's a Conway estimate 😆

[northernmonkey]

Seriously - one car caused 3 days worth of repairs?

[tedfudge]

I bet you that when lock down ends those roads or a majority of the roads currently closed with plant pots etc will remain closed..

[Peckhampam]

Credit where credit is due - I know people like a good grumble but the roundabout had been mended (and looks great) not too long after it was smashed. Inevitable hold-ups but I was caught in one and only took 5 mins to get through.

[sally buying]

which way were you going north or south?