Crouch End - Hornsey Lane junction repairs to go ahead

3.30.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Mon 12th May 2008

Repairs to a traffic island in Crouch End are due to start following successful demands from local residents and ward councillors. Grass verges and kerbs had been damaged by large vehicles cutting the corner of the junction of Hornsey Lane and Hornsey Rise. Haringey Council has now promised that the granite kerbs will be reinstated, re-using the dislodged stones, by the end of this week.

Local Liberal Democrats have also secured assurances from the Council that a new traffic bollard will be installed to prevent future damage but will monitor the situation as the junction is likely to be put under the further weight of heavy traffic accessing local housing developments.

Cllr Lyn Weber (Crouch End) comments:

"Haringey Council shouldn't rely on local residents to report damage to roads and pathways, they should get on to problems like these as soon as they occur and seek to prevent them in the first place.

"I'm glad the immediate problem is being sorted but the issue about large lorries overrunning the island will still remain. The situation is only likely to intensify as large lorries accessing the Roden Court building site face the same difficult road geometry. I will be keeping a vigilant eye to make sure this solution works."