Roads and Traffic Archive

  • Traffic congestion on Hornsey Park Road remains a problem

    Update on calls for another look at successfull one way system

    The Association’s calls for a meeting with councillors and managers at the council to learn lessons from the one way system in Hornsey Park Road last autumn have been answered, partly through the offer to join a group to look at how Wood Green’s town...

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  • Drivers going the wrong way to cut to The Avenue has been a problem

    Hornsey Park Road–One Way Street Log

    Hornsey Park Road is no longer a temporary one way street. This page logs our experiences during and after National Grid works have taken their course…

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    One Way – or another? What to say about Hornsey Park Road’s One-Way

    The Hornsey Park Road’s One-Way system is now a month old and possibly halfway through its life. We want to know your views about it and whether this, or something developed from it could be the answer to traffic problems in this long suffering road....

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    Goodbye heritage, hello high density and lack of parking

    The Heartland development has been approved, despite concerns from residents and many unanswered questions. Roger Kemp writes: Decision time for Heartlands arrived on the evening of 22 September. And Heartlands has been granted Outline planning permission. In stark contrast to the meeting when Coronation Sidings,...

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    Traffic cut in half on Hornsey Park Road… temporarily.

    National Grid’s proposed temporary one way system for Hornsey Park Road from 30th August for eight weeks will provide an interesting test of quite how well the new spine road could cope as a permanent diversion for at least half of all traffic. We propose...

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    Improvement at zebra crossing – Hornsey Rark Rd/Mayes Rd

    We received the following note from John McQueen, Project Engineer for the London Borough of Haringey “As instructed by my manager I’ve made the following amendments to the design as suggested in your constructive correspondence. The changes are as following: Realigned zebra crossing 2 extra...

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    From the Council: Junction improvements at Hornsey Park Road/Mayes Road N22

    The following has been received from the council and will be discussed at our General Meeting at the 16th of March 2010: (You may also want to read this previous post: Another two accidents in Hornsey Park Road) Download PDF with Map Sustainable Transport River...

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    30% increase in parking charges. Taxation by the back door?

    Following concerns raised by a substantial number of residents, the Association objected, in the strongest terms to the proposed 30% increase in parking charges. No valid reason for the increase has been given. Under the rules, the Council should only levy increases necessary to meet...

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    Another two accidents in Hornsey Park Road

    Our letter to Clair Kober, Haringey Council Leader: Dear Clair, Tonight, the road was closed again after a head on collision on the bend north of  Malvern Road. Also, since yesterday, one beacon on the HPR/Mayes Road zebra has been completely flattened. God knows what would...

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    Consultation response with a proposed Strategy for traffic management for Hornsey Park area

    As part of the consultation, here is the strategy proposed by PMRA that supports the ‘Going Green’ strategy and endorses that residents are against any closure of the High Road for traffic: - The Strategy. PMRA supports the Council’s ‘Going Green’, Haringey’s Greenest Borough strategy...

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