As part of our campaign to slow down traffic on Upper Tollington Park, my colleague Cllr Katherine Reece has joined a local police patrol in the area. After being alerted to the problem by councillors and local residents, the neighbourhood police team have been taking action to catch people speeding near the pedestrian crossing at the junction with Florence Road.
In this patrol a few weeks ago, four cars were stopped for speeding, a penalty notice was issued for failing to stop at a crossing, and a ticket was given out for using a mobile phone whilst driving. The action is necessary because so many residents have raised concerns about cars driving too fast and failing to stop at the busy crossing, which is a route to a local primary school.
Another partial success from the campaign has been getting electronic speed signs installed, which flash a warning when vehicles break the speed limit. However, the locations they have been installed don’t seem ideal – as one of them is after the crossing and partially obscured by vegetation. I’ve contacted the Council asking them to re-assess whether the signs are in the optimum positions!
However, our real aim is to get traffic lights at the crossing – and we are collecting signatures for a petition to make the Council take action. Please sign up.
I’ve been demanding action after a second derelict council house in Stroud Green has been taken over by squatters. Residents of Stapleton Hall Road have contacted me to complain about anti-social behaviour from some of the squatters, with concerns about aggressive dogs and damage to cars and gardens.
Lynne Featherstone has joined the Stroud Green Lib Dem team in launching a campaign to make the pedestrian crossing on Upper Tollington Park (by the junction with Florence Road) safer. The campaign was launched after local residents raised concerns about the speed of traffic on the road and a recent accident near the zebra crossing.
Yesterday, I met up with Katherine Reece at the Holy Trinity Church Fair outside the vicarage on the corner of Stapleton Hall Road and Granville Road. When I arrived Katherine was already get stuck in, helping out on the burger stand. The Fair was very busy and seemed like a great success.
Stalls, games, displays, an ecology tour and a chance to quiz Katherine, Ed and me ahead of the Election – all form part of the third annual Neighbourhood Day which takes place in Stroud Green this Saturday (April 24) from 2-4.30pm.
This week we launched our manifesto for the local elections with six key borough-wide pledges. The document is called ‘A Fresh Start for Haringey’, and after 40 years run by Labour – our borough really does need a fresh start!
Yesterday I had to take a late night trip Hornsey Police Station after narrowly avoiding my bank account being emptied by cashpoint criminals. On the way home from a night out at the theatre, I decided to get some money out from the cashpoint at the Post Office in Crouch End (on Topsfield Parade), at about 11pm. The cashpoint made lots of whirring sounds but didn’t give me my card back.