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15.11.04
Lib Dem Councillor Lynne Featherstone has called on Haringey Council to carry out
a full transport assessment of the area around a proposed major housing
development at the Coppetts Road - A406 North Circular intersection before
giving the development the go ahead.
Cllr Lynne Featherstone is deeply concerned over the possible increase in
rat-running on roads such as Tetherdown, Coppetts Road and Creighton Avenue
by the proposed 138-unit residential development on the old Lynx Depot site.
For the past month she has been pressing Haringey Council to obtain section 106
funding from the developers to carry out a full assessment of the traffic
implications of the development. Section 106 monies are paid by developers
to counter the impact of their schemes on the local community.
As yet the Council has not given support to a traffic assessment, arguing that there would
be less movements than there were by Lynx lorries previously. But Cllr
Featherstone says that while Lynx lorries mainly used the A406, new
residents are more likely to use residential roads to reach Highgate or
Muswell Hill.
However Cllr Featherstone has given a guarded welcome to Haringey Council's plan
to increase public transport links should the development get the go-ahead.
She welcomes the idea but has expressed concerns at the ability of many of
the residential roads to cope with a busy bus route.
She has requested details from the Council of what the proposals are for
improved public transport links.
Cllr Featherstone comments:
"This residential development has not been
clearly thought through. Haringey Council is making far too many assumptions
about the traffic impact.
"It is essential that a clear and thorough transport assessment is made so
that decisions can be made on an fully informed basis. I will continue to
press the Council for this."
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