Lynne Featherstone

Muswell Hill’s Liberal Democrat councillors are to demand action in today’s full council for a clear up of the chaotic and confusing ‘street furniture’ on busy Muswell Hill Road.

The move follows months of inaction from the Labour council.Haringey told Lib Dem leader Lynne Featherstone that action would be taken during a meeting in April on the excessive and confusing yellow lines, lampposts and signposts.However despite repeated requests since, nothing has been done. The Lib Dem leader is therefore raising the issue with a question in full council.

Residents and confused drivers and pedestrians in Muswell Hill road have had to suffer a glut of street furniture in recent years. When new road humps and lampposts were installed, Haringey left the old lampposts in place for a year until a meeting between Ms Featherstone, a local resident and a senior council officer in April. At that meeting, a whole list of problems was discussed and action agreed. Three months later, while Haringey has taken action to repair dangerous kerbing and has removed some lampposts, the bulk of the work has not happened.

Commenting, Lib Dem councillor Ross Laird said:

“Despite the efforts to Lynne and myself in recent months, it is depressing that Haringey can’t implement this straight forward clear-up. We should not have to raise these issues in the chamber, but it is often the only way to get Haringey Council to act. Even the local Labour MP has now joined Lynne Featherstone’s call for the Labour council to act on the problems, so it’s surely about time that Haringey made moves to sort the problem out.”