CALL FOR ACTION OVER JUNCTION AT BOTTOM OF MUSWELL HILL

8.12.03

Muswell Hill councillor Lynne Featherstone has called for action to be taken to improve one the most hazardous and complicated road junctions in the borough. Her calls come following a site visit with Council officers to highlight many of the safety concerns local residents have with the hazardous junction at the bottom of Muswell Hill, which joins the hill with Priory Road, Park Road and Alexandra Palace Way.

Cllr Featherstone has been in contact with many residents who are concerned with the danger to drivers and pedestrians alike due the confusing design and poor sight lines. Council officials acknowledge that if they could start again it would not be designed in its present form.

However, Council Featherstone is pressing the Council for a clear plan for how they intend to increase safety at the junction. The Council has suggested constructing bollards in parts to stop vehicles parking on the junction as well as protecting pedestrians from cars mounting the pavement. Replanting shrubs and trees to improve sight lines was also a suggestion put forward but Cllr Featherstone is pressing for more substantial changes.

Lynne Featherstone comments:

"This dangerous junction needs a root and branch sorting out. Haringey must get to grips with it so that traffic and pedestrians are clear who has right of way. Oncoming traffic is a danger at the junction and we must protect pedestrians - both on the pavements where they are narrow and crossing where they can't always be seen."

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