Improvements to road safety

A frequent issue raised at the Northfield Ward Forums has been problems caused by cars being parked around street corners thus reducing the site lines for pedestrians and drivers. Ealing Council consulted residents of roads south of Little Ealing Lane about the introduction of double yellow lines at some junctions in that area. EFRA was generally supportive of the proposals but lobbied the council for a change to reduce the length of double yellow lines from 10 metres to 5 metres from the junction in order to lessen the number of parking spaces lost. This suggestion has been accepted.

Ealing Council also consulted about the introduction of road safety measures for Northfield Avenue, some of which affect the EFRA area. In our response we pressed the Council to consider constructing a raised pedestrian crossing where the current crossing is located close to Windermere Road and Cranmer Avenue (by Lammas Park). We suggested that for safety reasons that there was a case for moving the crossing slightly further north – this would improve sight lines for traffic travelling south. We also questioned the Council’s proposal to construct a speed table outside the Spinning Wheel bar as we felt that this proposal could result in additional pedestrian accidents, and that the funds would be better invested in raising the Lammas Park/Windermere Road zebra crossing.

Any measures which reduce the speed of traffic in Northfield Avenue would be likely to displace additional vehicles onto adjoining residential roads where these offer alternative through routes. We therefore suggested that consideration should be given to introducing traffic calming measures in those residential roads which may suffer from additional through traffic as a result of the changes proposed for Northfield Avenue.