Lambeth Council will suspend their trial of the Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN). A local campaigner said it’s just a “short-term victory”.
The council say it is in response to concerns about public transport delays, and anticipated disruption from Transport for London (TfL) construction works starting later this spring.
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Due to concerns about bus service delays, anticipated disruption from planned @TfL construction works and to allow bus priority measures to be implemented on the #A23 we are suspending the #StreathamWellsLTN
The LTN trial was introduced in October last year to “reduce road danger and make the neighbourhood safer and healthier by restricting motor vehicle access to streets within the scheme”.
Residents of Streatham have been frequently protesting against LTNs since they were announced. Credit: Martha Dean for City News
During the trial on boundary roads, Streatham High Road and Streatham Common North, there have been frequent roadworks by Thames Water and other bodies, which has put a “significant strain” on bus services.
TfL will begin a £9 million project to upgrade walking and cycling on Streatham High Street, starting this spring and continuing into 2025. The council say this will require reduced road capacity while the works take place.
Lambeth Council said that since the trial, there has been an “average 60% decrease in traffic within the LTN”. They said “we always said this was a trial, and we would be led by the data – and the monitoring report, due in the coming days, makes it clear that the scheme met our objectives to reduce traffic and road danger.”
Lambeth Council first introduced the Streatham Well’s LTN in October 2023. Credit: Lambeth Look / X
Lambeth Resident and campaigner against LTNs, Tahlee Johnson, told City News: “It may seem like a short-term victory, but something we need to look at step by step. It’s a suspension but not a revocation.”
“LTNs are generating millions of pounds for the council, and they have made it clear that they would like to implement the scheme.”
“LTNs are designed to drive people out of their vehicle by actively creating undesirable driving conditions. Unfortunately for a lot of people their journeys are still essential. Streatham High Road has been known as a traffic pinch point for a long time, and now they are trying to introduce cycle lanes.”
“The layout they will be proposing will throw up its own range of issues. Blind people, disabled people and elderly people all find them difficult to navigate.”
City News has contacted both Lambeth Council and TfL for comment.
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StandfirstLambeth Council will be suspending LTNs in Streatham Wells in a response to public transport delays.
Lambeth Council will suspend their trial of the Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN). A local campaigner said it’s just a “short-term victory”.
The council say it is in response to concerns about public transport delays, and anticipated disruption from Transport for London (TfL) construction works starting later this spring.
1/6
Due to concerns about bus service delays, anticipated disruption from planned @TfL construction works and to allow bus priority measures to be implemented on the #A23 we are suspending the #StreathamWellsLTN
The LTN trial was introduced in October last year to “reduce road danger and make the neighbourhood safer and healthier by restricting motor vehicle access to streets within the scheme”.
Residents of Streatham have been frequently protesting against LTNs since they were announced. Credit: Martha Dean for City News
During the trial on boundary roads, Streatham High Road and Streatham Common North, there have been frequent roadworks by Thames Water and other bodies, which has put a “significant strain” on bus services.
TfL will begin a £9 million project to upgrade walking and cycling on Streatham High Street, starting this spring and continuing into 2025. The council say this will require reduced road capacity while the works take place.
Lambeth Council said that since the trial, there has been an “average 60% decrease in traffic within the LTN”. They said “we always said this was a trial, and we would be led by the data – and the monitoring report, due in the coming days, makes it clear that the scheme met our objectives to reduce traffic and road danger.”
Lambeth Council first introduced the Streatham Well’s LTN in October 2023. Credit: Lambeth Look / X
Lambeth Resident and campaigner against LTNs, Tahlee Johnson, told City News: “It may seem like a short-term victory, but something we need to look at step by step. It’s a suspension but not a revocation.”
“LTNs are generating millions of pounds for the council, and they have made it clear that they would like to implement the scheme.”
“LTNs are designed to drive people out of their vehicle by actively creating undesirable driving conditions. Unfortunately for a lot of people their journeys are still essential. Streatham High Road has been known as a traffic pinch point for a long time, and now they are trying to introduce cycle lanes.”
“The layout they will be proposing will throw up its own range of issues. Blind people, disabled people and elderly people all find them difficult to navigate.”
City News has contacted both Lambeth Council and TfL for comment.
