We have been contacted by many Fulham residents like you about their concerns over the new scheme that has been introduced by Hammersmith & Fulham Council for traffic in the south of Fulham.
We want to hear your views, so please help us by joining your neighbours to share with us what you think using the survey below.
What are the concerns that some residents have already raised with us?
They are concerned that the Labour Council’s proposal will do nothing to improve traffic across the wider area. At best it seems merely a sticking plaster for one small group of streets, that will push rat-running and congestion onto neighbouring roads. There are many residential areas across Fulham that also suffer from rat-running – this proposal does nothing to help them and could make things worse overall.
What has changed?
Following the outpouring of public anger against the Labour run Council’s previous decision to close Harwood Terrace completely, they have now introduced a pilot where Harwood Terrace will be partially reopened to only some vehicles:
• Cameras will recognise vehicle number plates so that local residents and other permitted vehicles under the scheme can drive through control points.
• All other vehicles will incur a penalty though if they drive into residential streets east of Wandsworth Bridge Road and then exit through Bagleys Lane junction to go through Harwood Terrace or if they drive through Stephendale Road, Hazlebury Road or Broughton Road to bypass queues and re-join Wandsworth Bridge Road.
• Due to these changes vehicles are rat-running to the streets west of Wandsworth Bridge Road. With the closure of Hammersmioth Bridge this is increasing congestion and pollution on Fulham Palace Road for those using Putney Bridge.
What are your local Conservative Councillors doing?
Your local Conservative Councillors have been calling for a much wider review of traffic movement across Fulham. We need to improve traffic flow on major roads and prevent rat-running through quiet residential streets - which is a major nuisance and means our residents like you have to put up with more pollution, more noise and less safe streets around their homes.
We want to know your thoughts and concerns about traffic problems in your area, as well as how you feel about the new scheme - how will it affect you and the wider area?