Lynne Featherstone

Meet Haringey traffic officer at the Creighton Road roundabout junction with Coppetts Road. It’s a nasty, fast flowing, heavy volume mini roundabout – where traffic shoots into the flow without looking and which Fortismere and Coldfall children have to negotiate to cross to school in all directions. Nightmare.

Unfortunately, the Safe Routes to School money for the area is only £50,000 and won’t pay for a proper junction with green phase pedestrian lights – and anyway the knock on from lights might stuff up the whole area. Whilst lots of parents would say so what and they don’t care – you can’t just ignore traffic consequences of any proposed measures. Some of the parents from Coldfall are there and the lighting officer. We all agree on new and better lighting so at least the motorists in winter have a flying chance of actually seeing the children. The traffic officer is mandated to go away and come back with proposals for what we can do with the money available.