Agenda item

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Raised by (Councillor)

Ward

Member Request

Extend the double yellow lines outside the access road to Barrydene, Oakleigh Road North

N20 9HG

Councillor Stephen Sowerby

Oakleigh

I would like to request funding to extend the double yellow lines outside the access road to Barrydene, Oakleigh Road North, N20 9HG. Cars parking beyond the double yellow lines going north significantly effect sightlines making exiting Barrdene a dangerous exercise. I suggest that an extension of approximately 10 meters (around two standard car lengths) will be sufficient length. The attached photo shows exactly where the extension needs to be placed.    

Implementation of double yellow lines on the carriageway running south on Netherlands Road

Councillor Thomas Smith

Oakleigh

I request funding to implement double yellow lines on the carriageway running south on Netherlands Road in the run-up to the width restriction. This is to prevent people from parking their vehicles close to the width restriction, thereby obstructing access south to north. Whilst Highways Officers will need to recommend the optimal length necessary I would suggest that 12 meters from the kerbside post would be around the optimal length. Please refer to the attached photo for the exact proposed location for the double yellow lines

Implantation of double yellow lines on the northern side of the carriageway opposite Onslow Parade

Councillor

Wendy Prentice

Brunswick

Park

I request funding to implement double yellow lines on the northern side of the carriageway opposite Onslow Parade and where it becomes Osidge Lane. This is to prevent people from parking their vehicles on a busy stretch of road rather than in the parking spaces that already exist. There is currently a problem with cars parking on this part of the carriageway, even blocking driveways, which causes congestion on this road which is regularly used by double decker buses. Whilst Highways Officers will need to recommend the optimal length necessary I would suggest that around 30 metres, from the end of the parking bay outside 16 Onslow Parade up to the tree outside 94 Osidge Lane would be the optimal length. Please refer to the attached photo for the exact proposed location for the double yellow lines.

Implementation of double yellow lines on the north side of the carriageway on Russell Lane where the road

Councillor

Roberto Weeden-Sanz

Brunswick

Park

I request funding to implement double yellow lines on the north side of the carriageway on Russell Lane where the road narrows approaching Church Hill Road. This is to prevent people from parking their vehicles in front of private driveways and causing congestion on a road which regularly has double decker buses driving down it. It will also prevent visibility problems for residents exiting Fitzwilliam Close who currently struggle to see traffic when turning onto Russell Lane and creates a high risk of an accident occurring. Whilst Highways Officers will need to recommend the optimal length necessary I would suggest that 90 metres from the between the corner of Haslemere Avenue and the tree in front of 155 Russell Lane would be around the optimal length. Please refer to the attached photos for the exact proposed location for the double yellow lines.

installation of a pedestrian “zebra” crossing with belisha beacons on Cat Hill, EN4 beside the junction with Brookside (‘the site’ – see Picture B and Picture E).

Councillor

Felix Byers

East Barnet

For provision to be made for the installation of a pedestrian “zebra” crossing with belisha beacons on Cat Hill, EN4 beside the junction with Brookside (‘the site’ – see Picture B and Picture E).

The existing island crossing at the site is heavily used: its situation is a primary walking route to and from local schools including East Barnet School and Danegrove Primary School; it is the most direct walking route into East Barnet Village for residents in the CBC polling district; it is a popular access route for Oak Hill Park via Brookside; and there is a bus stop immediately beside the site (see Picture A).

The existing island arrangement is hazardous for both motorists and pedestrians to navigate. There is no instruction to drivers to yield to pedestrians. Traffic approaches at speed from north-east of the site, accelerating down the steep incline from the junction of Cat Hill, Brookhill Road and Park Road. Traffic from the south-west poses a separate danger as vehicles approach the crossing accelerating downhill around a blind corner (see Picture D), and visibility on the west side of the crossing is

often obstructed by parked cars (see Picture C). The proximity of parked cars to the central bollards also requires vehicles – including buses, and many moving at considerable speed – to swerve sharply to manoeuvre around the island.

There is a strong precedent for assisted crossings in East Barnet Village. There are two existing zebra crossings at either end of the section of East Barnet Road passing through East Barnet Village, and another zebra crossing on Church Hill Road near the junction with Jackson Road, all within c.100 metres of the site. The existing crossings facilitate safe passage for pedestrians travelling into and out of East Barnet Village from the west and south, but there is no equivalent safe route of entry and exit for pedestrians approaching from roads immediately east.

Local residents and local traders are concerned about the risk to public safety posed by the existing island crossing at the site. Some traders suspect that the absence of a safe crossing is damaging business. Residents feel nervous to cross the road at this point, but many also admit to taking the risk because there is no logical alternative walking route to access the north side of East Barnet Village if approaching from the east.

Having spoken with residents and traders, there is considerable support for this proposal.

Extend the double yellow lines on the carriageway on Hampden Way at the corner of Arlington Road, N14

Councillor  Julian Teare

Brunswick Park

I request funding to extend the double yellow lines on the carriageway on Hampden Way at the corner of Arlington Road, N14, on the north side, the right hand side as one comes down Arlington Road. Currently the double yellow lines on this side are much shorter than on the south side of this turning and visibility is badly obstructed. Whilst Highways Officers will need to recommend the optimal length necessary I would suggest another 5 metres from where it currently ends. Please refer to the attached photos for the exact proposed location for the double yellow lines.