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Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
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michael


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17-06-2009 11:59 PM

Changing the lights timing on Honor Oak / London Road is the obvious improvement that needs to be made. During most of the day the timing is to allow cars to pull out for 12 seconds out of approximately 2 minutes. TfL control the timing of the lights and refuse to acknowledge any problem. They do not care about jams on Lewisham Council roads as their only interest is the keep the South Circular moving.

The South Circular is not for us, it is for people wishing to go round London without touching the congestion zone. Local people are simply an inconvenience to them. Why can't everybody just go round the south circular without getting on or off? If only Londoners would stop using it they could make the traffic go faster.

Being a bit more serious again, the lights do not need a pedestrian phase, but they do need a decent pedestrian refuge, wide enough for parents and pushchairs, there should be an indicator for pedestrians when it is safe to cross half way - just like the junction between Dartmouth Road and London Road.

I have never liked Manor Mount being a one way system but it is and I am sure there were good reasons when it was introduced 20 years ago. People going the wrong way are driving dangerously and cause an obstruction to drivers who are obeying the law. Unlike most CCTV cameras what many people would like to see introduced here is a camera that will only take photos when people are breaking the law. It would not photograph anybody else who is not breaking the law. If peoples' real objection is CCTV cameras then I do not think that a proposed enforcement camera at this junction should be the target of your concerns, when there are thousands everywhere filming us all the time.

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RE: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System - michael - 17-06-2009 11:59 PM
Manor Mount- abuse of one way system - roz - 11-06-2009, 11:50 AM

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