Labour Council puts CPZ plans above road safety

9.37.00am GMT Fri 22nd Sep 2006

Lib Dem councillors have been shocked to discover that plans for increased traffic calming in Muswell Hill have been postponed in order that CPZ consultation plans could continue.

Woodside Avenue in Muswell Hill is a 20mph zone and some traffic calming measures have already been introduced. Lib Dems say that the 20mph zone is currently treated with little respect, with some vehicles vastly exceeding speed limits at an estimated 40-50mph.

The road urgently needs the second stage of traffic calming that was due to be consulted on over the next few weeks, but this has now been stopped by the Labour Council till November at the earliest so that staff can concentrate on the controversial CPZs instead.

Cllr Martin Newton, Lib Dem Traffic Spokesperson comments:

"It is outrageous that residents have to put up with endless delays and continue to live on a dangerous racetrack. The Council have had months to get this second phase of traffic calming consulted on so that appropriate measures can be installed, and residents are rightly fed up. Funding has been promised for this and the Council need to urgently get on and finish the scheme before an accident happens."