Southwark Council is planning further highway schemes supported by the Government and Transport for London regulation and funding.
The proposals cover various parts of the Borough and include Dulwich Village, Turney Road and Burbage Road. For our roads, they are recognisable from the recent consultations and public meetings but are confusing as the maps and charts attached to the proposals do not all match. There appear to be errors in the drafting which will need to be resolved before decisions are made if we are all to know what is intended.
The timeline is that sometime on or after 1 Sep 2020 Councillor Richard Livingstone, the council’s Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and the Climate Emergency will decide whether to proceed with the proposals.
In brief, the three proposals for Dulwich Village are for weekday morning and afternoon restrictions on traffic flowing northwards a) through the Village & b) Burbage Road and c) eastwards along Turney Road from the junction with Burbage Road. For Dulwich Village double yellow lines will be introduced extending to the lights at North Dulwich.
However, the drafting errors make it unclear a) whether there is a restriction on traffic entering Burbage Road from the south at the War Memorial roundabout and b) whether there is a restriction at the railway bridge in Turney Road. These two issues are important. Without these restrictions traffic can enter Burbage Road from the south and proceed to turn left into Turney Road to reach Croxted Road.
The proposals relate to the mornings 8-10 and afternoons 3-6 on weekdays and to northbound traffic, plus east bound traffic in part of Turney Road. Traffic moving southwards and westwards will be monitored.
The maximum time this experiment can be in place is eighteen months. The Council says it will consider consultation and feedback during the period of the order and will make a decision on whether to make it permanent, amended or rescinded after a period of normally six to twelve months.
