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Living Streets have just launched a campaign to ensure the rules around how much green crossing time is allowed for pedestrians reflects research by University of London. This research shows  that most people over 65 years old can’t walk quickly enough to cross in time allowed. It’s also a dangerous problem for parents with buggies, young children.

Locally in East Dulwich we have the dreadful crossing points at the junction of East Dulwich Road with Crystal Palace Road and Adys Road. Immediately adjacent to this junction on the north east side is a great playground. 200m to the north a popular local school, Saint John’s and St Clement’s CoE Primary School. So it’s also a necessary route to school for many.

Do you support enough green time being allowed to make this junction safe for everyone crossing?

Lewisham Hospital

Great news about the Save Lewisham Hospital and Lewisham Council challenge in the high Court against the government about closing the A&E and maternity departments at Lewisham Hopsital.

If the closures had proceeded it risked placing intolerable pressures on Kings College Hospital affecting services for Southwark and Lambeth residents.

It does make you wonder why the Conservative Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt didn’t accept the Judicial Review and avoid the public expense of appealing.

We now need Jeremy Hunt to advise how these departments will be funded going forward.

Crossthwaite Post Office

Southwark Council owns a number of shops on Crossthwaite Avenue. One is a sub Post Office.

For several years I’ve been campaigning to get a sign pointing to these shops and Post Office. This came from work trying to save Post Offices when the last Labour government was closing them. Identified that we needed to drum up business for those we have. I even escalated the issue to the council leader Councillor Peter John, whose ward this is in,  several time but that seemed to make diddly squat difference.

But now after all those years we’ve finally had a sign installed…

 

Local shops and Post Office sign 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eureka!!

ED Crash Reduction Scheme

Police covering our area are leading a scheme to reduce road casualties.

One part is recruiting local resident volunteers to:

–          Conduct speed checks using hand-held speed cameras

–          Speed surveys

–          Collate and report registration of speeding motorists for Police action.

These are non-confrontational, non-enforcement roles and full training will be given. Completely flexible commitment.

If you’d like to help fight local speeding contact Sergeant Stewart Turnbull on 020 8721 2447 eastdulwich.snt@et.police.uk

20mph Police Enforcement

The Association of Chief Police Officers have just released new guidance about speeding.

It now includes enforcement of 20mph with new speed awareness courses being ready from November. The recommendaitons include sending errant drivers to speed awareness courses. Previously the Police counldn’t for 20mph speeding!

This change follows pressure from Lib dem Transport Minister Norman Baker.

Due to technology limitations this actually means people travelling 24->31mph, allowing for +10% +2mph for car speed display errors.

This is great news and should see fewer crashes and less severe injuries on our roads.

 

Messy East Dulwich Station

I am amazed how quickl the environs around East Dulwich station becomes so … wel rubbish…

ED STATION MESSWhat bothers me most is this litter comes mostly from East Dulwich residents and visitors.

Why would anyone do this?

If you spot someone dropping or throwing litter ask them to stop!

I’ve contacted southern again about sorting it out. The platforms and paths are leased to Southern but the grassy vegetation areas are owned and controlled by Network Rail. Network Rail are rubbish with rubbish.

 

Disaster of the litter falling on the wrong type of land to be cleared regularly.

Southern staff have promised they’ll find a permanent solution.

 

Goodrich and Pellatt Road Resurfacing

At the last Dulwich Community Council East Dulwich councillors had to make tough decisions about their devolved highway budget.

After visitng various part of East dulwich we decided to spend your taxes on:

– Resurfacing Goodrich Road between Barry Road and Friarn Road – it’s currently in a shocking state, quite frequented and on a route to schools.

– Resurfacing Pellatt Road eastern end. Again the road is in a terrible state.

The main council resurfacing budget is planning to resurface Ashbourne Grove and the remaining third of Landcroft Road.

 

 

New East Dulwich Primary School latest

Latest news  is that Southwark Council as the planning authority has said it is happy for the Dulwich Hopsital site to have different planning applications for different parts.

It removes one of the Department of Health excuses for not freeing up a small part of this public land for a new local primary school.

Hopefully they’ll now see sense and release 4,500m2 of the total 27,000m2 for a much need new local primary school.

 

Free NHS Flu Jabs

As part of the NHS free pan London Winter flu jabs the following Southwark pharmacies are now offering free flu immunisation service commissioned by NHS England – free to those who are pregnant, over 65, weakened immune system, asthmatic, carers, health condition or heart disease.

Local pharmacies offering this:

Davis Chemist – 10 Crossthwaite Avenue, Sunray Avenue, SE5 8ET

Day Lewis  Pharmacy – 34 Forest Hill Road, SE22 0RR

Sainsburys, 80 Dog Kennel Hill, SE22 8DB

Please do get immunised.