From 2006 to 2010, I was a councillor for Lee Green ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. During that time, I blogged regularly and in 2009 I won the Tim Garden Award for the Best Blog by a Liberal Democrat Holding Public Office. My blog posts from my term of office are archived here in case they prove of use to former constituents, or to those who share my annoyance with faulty street furniture
The Council is about to consult on installing some yellow lines on Brightfield, Lenham, Lampmead and Aislibie Roads.
The proposal is to install yellow lines at the junctions - you can download a map showing exactly what’s proposed here.
The proposal is intended to:
• ease access routes for emergency services and refuse vehicles;
• improve road safety at by ensuring that drivers’ sight-lines are not blocked by parked vehicles;
• improve crossing for pedestrians.
If you have any comments or objections, send them to Michelle Valloo, Project Centre, 14b St Cross Street, London, EC1N 8XA, by 12th November 2008. All objections/representations will be forwarded to the Council for their consideration.
We welcome the proposal. Anything that improves driver’s and pedestrian views at these junctions should enhance safety. Will they be in force on Sundays? The amount of vehicular use of Lenham Road intensifies on Sundays and any day when there is a function at churches in Lee High Road. Parking is a major problem on these occasions as is the perceived urgency in obtaining a space.
Thank you
Terry Symmons
Hi Terry,
The documentation I have from the Council very clearly states the yellow lines will prohibit stopping ‘at any time’.
Cheers
Brian