| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How do we want our roads to look? | |
| Posted by: | Dominik Klimowski | |
| Date/Time: | 09/02/25 19:17:00 |
| I share your frustration with the state of pavements Nigel, absolutely. In my post I meant ‘roads’ as all parts of the public highway, including pavements. I suppose I could have written ‘public highways’, but I don’t know if many people would be as familiar with that term and what it includes. What frustrates me the most is when they are repaired and refurbished (such as the corner of Northfield Avenue and Mattock Lane) and a week later the paving slabs are cracked again. I don’t want bollards protecting pavements, but how else to keep them from getting damaged again so quickly? There are also many streets in the neighbourhood which I’m sure you’ve seen have very limited space, even for an able-bodied person to pass (often due to mature trees). What would be a good solution here? Maybe building out around the trees, as I’ve seen suggested at some consultations, and seen in other boroughs. One of the wonderful side effects of cycleways such as C9 and CS3 is the number of mobility scooters I’ve seen on them. It’s certainly something I didn’t foresee. This and the cycleways appropriation by emergency vehicles (which I’ve shown evidence of in another post) is a welcome sight, and difficult to argue against. Financial investment helps, but also investment in ideas and solutions. It’s no good repairing pavements if they go back to how they were almost immediately. Maybe roads should be designed with the needs of the most vulnerable, the poorest, and the emergency services first? |