GIPSY HILL ward councillors are being urged to get the pedestrian crossing lights installed last year on Westow Hill switched on as soon as possible.
In a letter to the three Lambeth councillors representing the ward Gipsy Hill residents association say residents have repeatedly raised the problems they are having using the crossing by the Sparrowhawk pub and asked why it was not working. “GHRA has chased this up with ward Cllr Matthew Bennett who discovered that the delay is due to TfL not switching them on!
“We are still nowhere nearer having a safe crossing. “Can this now be treated as a matter of urgency as the lights have been in place for nearly a year and it is such a waste of public money for them to be left as ornamental especially when this compromises road safety.”
“We are still nowhere nearer having a safe crossing. “Can this now be treated as a matter of urgency as the lights have been in place for nearly a year and it is such a waste of public money for them to be left as ornamental especially when this compromises road safety.”
*A Croydon council spokesman told News From Crystal Palace: “We objected to Lambeth’s premature installation of the crossing control system due to no proper traffic impact assessments or public consultations having been carried out.
“Further work was also required from Lambeth to formalise permissions for the new box junction. “We are, however, confident that both of these issues are close to being resolved.”
