| Topic: | Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | John Kettlekey | |
| Date/Time: | 30/08/20 22:10:00 |
| "The one and only bus route that runs along it is allowed access (though cannot understand how it will reach either URR or Putney Heath if DHR is being closed off at Parkstead Road), I would assume emergency vehicles will be able to access the whole length of the road and surrounding streets. Not too sure about trade people trying to repair or refurbish properties along it though." Nothing is being physically closed off on Dover House Road. It is just signs (and cameras supposedly) being put up to prevent anything other than buses or cyclists going between Dover House Road and Parkstead Road (or vice versa). Buses, emergency vehicles, pedestrians and drivers who want to ignore the signs (and risk a fine) will still be able to drive through that junction either way. However, they are physically blocking the access to/from Parkstead Road from the Northern sections of Huntingfield Road and Putney Park Lane though. So it's going to force all rat-running traffic along Pleasance Road, which is probably the intention as Huntingfield Road and Putney Park Lane are effectively single width only, and Pleasance Road will act as a significant restriction (and more so than getting caught behind buses on Dover House Road ever was) and people will slowly be discouraged from cutting through Dover House in order to avoid URR/Putney Hill (which is what a lot of the current traffic is doing). The point of these ETOs is that whilst they are a (hopefully temporary) minor annoyance for those who start/finish their journey in the affected area, in comparison to the much larger effect they have on people rat-running through the area. The negative effect on people living within the area will hopefully only be short lived with a more positive longer term effect as people learn that there's no benefit to rat-running through there. |