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One-way to annoy people
TOWN Hall environment chiefs have agreed to introduce a one-way system on College Crescent from Finchley Road to Fitzjohn’s Avenue – despite failing to consult residents on the scheme.
The proposal is part of a raft of traffic-calming measures designed to make the area safer for school children at nearby Phoenix School.
Other measures agreed at the environment meeting in the Town Hall last Tuesday included installing a bollard to prevent vehicles from mounting the kerb and installing pay and display bays on the road to reduce congestion.
Councillors decided to scrap the original proposal to make the street one-way from Fitzjohn’s Avenue to Finchley Road, after a flood of complaints from residents. They said it would make the road more dangerous.
Instead they agreed to introduce the new one-way system travelling the other way – despite having never consulted residents on the scheme.
Martin Humphery from the Heath and Hampstead Society, which had opposed the original proposal, said the new scheme raised “serious issues”.
He said: “It was a compromise, reversing a proposed one-way traffic flow and thus removing one of the local objections to the proposals. But it is now incumbent on Camden to re-consult local opinion on what is, in effect, a new proposal.”
Environment chief Tory councillor Mike Greene said: “What we have agreed is a temporary scheme. It was not an option that was consulted on but it was commented on by all the interested parties. I think this is not just a good compromise.” |
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