Comments on: Speed limit to be cut in Greenwich Park http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/02599-speed-limit-to-be-cut-in-greenwich-park/ Greenwich news and information Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Brown http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/02599-speed-limit-to-be-cut-in-greenwich-park/comment-page-1/#comment-13110 Ian Brown Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:29:44 +0000 http://www.greenwich.co.uk/?p=2599#comment-13110 If it was my shout i'd ban all motorised through traffic in Greenwich Park, we have to have somewhere in our area where we can escape the motorist for half an hour, I also think that nobody will observe a 20mph speed limit to be honest! If it was my shout i’d ban all motorised through traffic in Greenwich Park, we have to have somewhere in our area where we can escape the motorist for half an hour, I also think that nobody will observe a 20mph speed limit to be honest!

]]> By: Tom Crispin http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/02599-speed-limit-to-be-cut-in-greenwich-park/comment-page-1/#comment-13068 Tom Crispin Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:56:18 +0000 http://www.greenwich.co.uk/?p=2599#comment-13068 Young Lewisham and Greenwich Cyclists had lobbied for a 12 mph speed limit in the park and a ban on motorised through traffic. It is absurd that motorists are encouraged to use the Park as a rush hour rat-run. A 20 mph speed limit is a welcome step in the right direction, but does not go far enough. If the road through the park can be closed for two weeks for the Olympics, it can be closed permanently for motor traffic. Cyclist Leonard Woods was killed in the Park on 26 June 2008 as he cycled slowly up the hill. A driver coming down the hill drove on the wrong side of the road and hit Mr Woods head on. Two other cyclists have been killed on Greenwich Roads in the past 12 months, yet local councillor and chair of the Planning Committee, Alex Grant, allowed Hexagon Housing Association to build a wall across a motor traffic free cycle route and public right-of-way to a local school between the Old Dover Road and Charlton Road. Cllr. Grant conceded that to extingush a right-of-way requires a public enquiry, and the committee he chairs agreed in April 2009 to hold a public enquiry. However, as far as I am aware, Cllr Grant and his committee has taken no action to arrange a public enquiry. Young Lewisham and Greenwich Cyclists had lobbied for a 12 mph speed limit in the park and a ban on motorised through traffic. It is absurd that motorists are encouraged to use the Park as a rush hour rat-run. A 20 mph speed limit is a welcome step in the right direction, but does not go far enough. If the road through the park can be closed for two weeks for the Olympics, it can be closed permanently for motor traffic.

Cyclist Leonard Woods was killed in the Park on 26 June 2008 as he cycled slowly up the hill. A driver coming down the hill drove on the wrong side of the road and hit Mr Woods head on. Two other cyclists have been killed on Greenwich Roads in the past 12 months, yet local councillor and chair of the Planning Committee, Alex Grant, allowed Hexagon Housing Association to build a wall across a motor traffic free cycle route and public right-of-way to a local school between the Old Dover Road and Charlton Road. Cllr. Grant conceded that to extingush a right-of-way requires a public enquiry, and the committee he chairs agreed in April 2009 to hold a public enquiry. However, as far as I am aware, Cllr Grant and his committee has taken no action to arrange a public enquiry.

]]> By: Nic Barnes http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/02599-speed-limit-to-be-cut-in-greenwich-park/comment-page-1/#comment-13058 Nic Barnes Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:01:02 +0000 http://www.greenwich.co.uk/?p=2599#comment-13058 Fantastic news about the speed limt! For too long Royal Parks and local councillors have hidden behind "its too hard, it will require an act of parliament". About time. Fantastic news about the speed limt! For too long Royal Parks and local councillors have hidden behind “its too hard, it will require an act of parliament”. About time.

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