We the undersigned are residents of Lillieshall Road SW4 and
nearby roads and we petition the council to reject the request made
in a separate petition headed "Make Lambourn Road SW4 0LY One
Way."
We make our request for numerous reasons.
Firstly, our concern is the proposal risks simply displacing
traffic, with a large portion of it then travelling along
Lillieshall Road, which can make the same claims to
concern/inconvenience as are said to apply to Lambourn Road.
Indeed, Lillieshall Road is considerably narrower than Lambourn
Road and therefore ill-suited to absorb extra traffic from that
street.
Secondly: the Lambourn Road proposal risks a negative impact on the
wider neighbourhood, because its knock-on effects would include
increased congestion and pollution at the Wandsworth Road/North
Street crossroads, as vehicles and delivery drivers would be unable
to move from Wandsworth Road to Orlando and Macaulay Roads via
Lambourn Road. They would instead drive to the Wandsworth Road /
North Street crossroads, then turn right up North Street and right
again down Lillieshall Road, in order to reach their
destination.
Thirdly: residents of Orlando and Macaulay Road would also find
themselves inconvenienced and adding to traffic fumes as they
queued at the Wandsworth Road/North Street junction in order to get
home via the North Street/Lillieshall Road route rather than the
more direct one up Lambourn Road.
Overall, the Lambourn Road one-way proposal means residents on
numerous streets including Wandsworth Road, North Street,
Lillieshall Road, Orlando Road and Macaulay Road would suffer
disproportionately for questionable gain to Lambourn Road
residents. We urge the council to register the fact that some
Lambourn Road residents oppose their neighbours’ one-way
suggestion and have posted their position publicly on the NextDoor
community app.
On balance, our fear is that the negative impact on this
neighbourhood in general will outweigh any increased amenity for
Lambourn Road residents, hence our request to leave that road
two-way.
Started by: Michael Prescott
This Petition runs from 01/10/2020 to 14/11/2021.
49 people have signed this Petition.