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25.11.04
Stroud Green Liberal Democrat Councillor Laura Edge has again called on
Haringey Council to urgently introduce preventative road safety measures in
Denton Road (N8) following yet another incident involving a car speeding down
the road and smashing into parked cars and front gardens in Weston Park.
Cllr Edge says that the incident, which took place at 9.50pm on Friday 19
November, is yet another in a succession of accidents at this now notorious
blackspot.
The chain of events exactly mirrored two accidents which
happened within three weeks of each other in January of this year.
Following those incidents, Haringey Council agreed to paint "slow down" signs on
the carriageway in Denton Road but residents and Lib Dem Councillors warned
at the time that these measures were not sufficient.
In response to the latest incident, Haringey Council has pointed out that it has
put in a bid to Transport for London for funding to introduce a 20-mph zone
in Denton Road and surrounding roads. However, it is by no means assured
that the bid will be successful, and even if it is, "investigations" will
not commence until the 2005-6 financial year.
Commenting on the latest incident and the Council's response, Cllr Laura
Edge said:
"Local residents were not satisfied with the measures taken by the Council
in January and this latest incident proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that
these were wholly insufficient. This is a genuine accident blackspot and
Haringey Council's response is entirely inadequate.
"Urgent preventative measures are needed now, not in 2006 and subject to TfL
approval. Otherwise it is only a matter of time before someone is injured or
killed."
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