I didn’t mean to turn this into a councilor update. But I guess having received the response I’m not sure how I gain further updates on what Lewisham are doing to progress the plans they mentioned other than going through Ellie’s team again. I expected our local councillors to KNOW or at least have easy access to all that without having to write to other people about it. I don’t have access to any of this information and all the council website tells me is that there were Perry Vale Assembly meetings but nothing has happened since Jan 2020 (due to covid presumably?).
Good response from the council. They’re open about financial challenges but seem committed to keep looking at it.
As mentioned by others above, it’s the poor sightlines that make this junction awkward. Interestingly, I don’t find visibility at the Houston Road / Perry Hill junction any better and that doesn’t seem to report as a hotspot?
In any case, extending parking restrictions close to the crossing would seem like a simple and effective option to me.
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I think the hedge on the Woolstone / Cranston corner is definitely a problem, but otherwise the sightlines aren’t too bad at this crossing and if anything the wide-ish straight approaches contribute to speeding. This with the volume of traffic and lack of pedestrian priority make safe crossing quite difficult.
I’m also a bit surprised that money is being spent on cameras and signs to make Kilmorie and Elsinore Roads into school streets when neither are particularly busy and things like this crossing see far more traffic. Don’t get me wrong, the school streets there are welcome and a good thing, but this crossing seems like a far bigger danger that’s not being addressed.
At least there is a supervised crossing in the middle of Cranston Road again.
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I think it’s obvious at Houston/Perry who has right of way, given it’s a T junction. One of the issues at Cranston/Woolstone is that (despite the signage) people coming from all directions think they have right of way.
Also cars race along that section of Woolstone from the mini-roundabout up to this junction, then brake sharply (or don’t at all).
Maybe simply painting the ‘raised’ zone with yellow hashing would mean people slowed to work out what it meant, and whether they should wait to enter it when turning.
(And yes agree about that hedge…)
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