Change to one way road

Dear Mr Payne,

 

EIR request: EIR-1683

 

Thank you for your request dated 08/04/2024

 

Your request will be answered by 06/05/2024

 

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

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Response

 

Dear Mr Payne,

 

EIR request: EIR-1683

 

Thank you for your request dated 08/04/2024

 

Our response is as follows:

 

About 2 years ago the Council decided to turn the lower part of Sandy Hill
Road into a one way road at an estimated cost of £5,000. Why has this not
been carried out yet?

 

The Sandy Hill scheme (Woolwich area LTN) was part of the borough’s LTN
proposed during the Covid-19 lockdown. It was to be implemented using
Experimental Traffic Order (ETO) in 2022. The first 6 month is the legal
consultation period in which written comments or objections must be
received and collated in preparation for consideration of how the scheme
will ultimately proceed.

 

ETO period will enable us to analyse and monitor the effect of the one-way
in the area including any displacement to other local roads. ETOs can run
for up to 18 months, at which point the final decision on how the scheme
will proceed after the experiment scheme must either be made permanent,
amended, or removed.

 

We received objections and no support from the emergency services (Police,
Ambulance, Fire) with their concerns for public safety. It was raised that
turning Sandy Hill into a one-way system would cause a lot of issues
especially delay to emergency services vehicles patrolling and deploying
to calls. The proposal will block emergency access into the area, leading
to long diversions around to access the area. The Fire services indicated
the scheme will have a detrimental impact upon their attendance times and
increases the risk injury and/or death in an emergency, the ambulance
services added that the roads in the area cover a busy town centre,
transport hub and large residential population so ambulance access from
all directions must be maintained.

 

Due to concerns raised by residents in the area and identified possible
significant increase in traffic effects on other roads in the area the
scheme was put on hold for further review.

 

With further works required and limited funding, we are currently unable
to commit to when we will progress on making part of Sandy Hill Road
one-way.

 

In addition to this, the council is currently undertaking an evidence led
Traffic Management feasibility study borough wide to understand the
priority locations and to provide an holistic approach to the situation.
This aligns with the councils Transport Strategy objectives.

 

If you have any queries about this correspondence, please contact me,
quoting the reference number above.

If you are not satisfied with our response to your request, you can ask
for an Internal Review.  Internal review requests must be submitted within
two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original
request.  If you wish to do this, please contact us in writing, setting
out why you are dissatisfied.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. 
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Internal Review procedure provided by the Council. You can contact the ICO
by emailing [1][email address], or by post at Customer Contact,
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

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From: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2024 1:44 PM
To: 'Terry Payne' <[FOI #1113877 email]>
Cc: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Subject: EIR-1683: Freedom of Information request - Change to one way road

 

Dear Mr Payne,

 

EIR request: EIR-1683

 

Thank you for your request dated 08/04/2024

 

Your request will be answered by 06/05/2024

 

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

8 [3]www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk

 

ü Please consider the environment before printing this email

 

 

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