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Topic: Re:Reply
Posted by: Peter Evans
Date/Time: 05/09/20 13:46:00

As it happens I'm not a fan of these diversion schemes, but as others have suggested, it's the '25 minute delay' in the original report that doesn't ring true. If the ambulance found itself on the 'wrong side' of the Leighton Road barrier, according to my Google map it would take six minutes to drive round to the other side.  So once the emergency vehicles have their navigation devices updated, this problem should be reduced. 

The annoying thing about these schemes is that the local knowledge of drivers and residents about how to get from place to place has been rendered useless overnight as these barriers are plonked down with no real warning and no hint of what alternative route drivers should take. No wonder people are getting cross. And as discussed elsewhere, these schemes only tangentially meet the requirement to improve circulation space for pedestrians and cyclists, if at all. Restricting traffic in Northfield Avenue would be much better at doing that, so people can access the shops and cafes more easily while maintaining safe spacing. These schemes in quiet residential streets seem like standard traffic calming projects that have been dusted down by local councils and rushed out to get the government to pay for them.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
LTN and ambulances30/08/20 17:32:00 Christina Fox
   Re:LTN and ambulances30/08/20 21:17:00 Rosco White
      Re:Re:LTN and ambulances30/08/20 22:51:00 Philippa Bond
         Re:Re:Re:LTN and ambulances30/08/20 23:03:00 Rosco White
            reply from Julian Bell31/08/20 00:09:00 Christina Fox
               Re:reply from Julian Bell31/08/20 07:35:00 Andy Jones
                  Re:Re:reply from Julian Bell31/08/20 08:15:00 Raymond Havelock
   Re:LTN and ambulances03/09/20 14:16:00 Mark Eccleston
      Reply03/09/20 14:27:00 N V Brooks
         Re:Reply03/09/20 20:31:00 Raymond Havelock
            Re:LTN and ambulances03/09/20 21:55:00 Leslie Bailey
               Re:Re:LTN and ambulances04/09/20 07:16:00 Gordon Southwell
                  Re:Re:Re:LTN and ambulances04/09/20 08:44:00 Christine Mulligan
                     Reply04/09/20 09:02:00 Gordon Southwell
                        Re:Reply04/09/20 11:22:00 Raymond Havelock
                           Reply04/09/20 11:27:00 Christine Mulligan
                              Reply04/09/20 11:56:00 Gordon Southwell
                     Reply04/09/20 12:48:00 N V Brooks
                     Reply04/09/20 12:48:00 N V Brooks
                        Re:Reply04/09/20 13:15:00 Andy Jones
                           Reply04/09/20 13:24:00 N V Brooks
                        Reply04/09/20 13:17:00 N V Brooks
                           Re:Reply04/09/20 13:21:00 Andy Jones
                              Reply04/09/20 13:36:00 N V Brooks
                           Reply04/09/20 13:29:00 Gordon Southwell
                              Reply04/09/20 13:37:00 N V Brooks
                                 Reply04/09/20 15:30:00 Gordon Southwell
                                    Reply04/09/20 16:17:00 N V Brooks
                                       Reply04/09/20 17:44:00 Gordon Southwell
                                          Re:Reply04/09/20 18:01:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
                                          Reply04/09/20 18:17:00 N V Brooks
                                          Reply04/09/20 18:17:00 N V Brooks
                                             Reply04/09/20 18:18:00 N V Brooks
                                                Re:Reply05/09/20 08:28:00 Gordon Southwell
                                                   Reply05/09/20 11:39:00 N V Brooks
                                                      Reply05/09/20 11:52:00 N V Brooks
                                                         Re:Reply05/09/20 12:20:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
                                                            Reply05/09/20 12:29:00 N V Brooks
                                                               Re:Reply05/09/20 13:46:00 Peter Evans
                                                                  Re:Re:Reply05/09/20 13:56:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
                                                                     Reply05/09/20 14:11:00 N V Brooks
                                                                        Reply07/09/20 14:52:00 Gordon Southwell
                                                                           Reply07/09/20 15:45:00 N V Brooks
                                                                              Re:Reply08/09/20 09:20:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
                                                                                 Reply09/09/20 09:58:00 N V Brooks
                                                                              Reply09/09/20 07:55:00 Gordon Southwell
                                                                                 Reply09/09/20 09:59:00 N V Brooks
                                                                  Re:Re:Reply05/09/20 22:19:00 Colin Goodman
                                                                     Re:  Too much fast traffic and we don't want more08/09/20 08:25:00 Philippa Bond
                                                                        Re:Re:  Too much fast traffic and we don't want more08/09/20 09:08:00 Raymond Havelock
                                                                           Some apologies required26/09/20 13:21:00 Gordon Southwell
                                                                              Re:Some apologies required26/09/20 13:32:00 Philip Coe
                                                                                 Re:Re:Some apologies required01/10/20 16:02:00 Philippa Bond
   Re:LTN and ambulances28/09/20 14:45:00 Bettina Margaret Thwaite
      Re:Re:LTN and ambulances28/09/20 16:21:00 Rosco White
         PS .........Re:Re:Re:LTN and ambulances28/09/20 16:24:00 Rosco White
            Re:PS .........Re:Re:Re:LTN and ambulances02/10/20 21:29:00 Leslie Bailey
               Re:Re:PS .........Re:Re:Re:LTN and ambulances02/10/20 22:02:00 Colin Goodman
                  Re:Re:Re:PS .........Re:LTN and ambulances10/10/20 11:41:00 Leslie Bailey
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:PS .........Re:LTN and ambulances10/10/20 12:23:00 Raymond Havelock
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:PS .........Re:LTN and ambulances11/10/20 23:01:00 Philippa Bond

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