The Council has a continuing programme of schemes to improve the safety and operation of the highway network. Many of these schemes originate from requests made by the public, including the following:
Pedestrian crossings
• Working with Transport for London, we provide pedestrian crossing facilities and review existing signalled junctions to improve pedestrian priority and safety.
• All our crossings are now accessible for disabled users. This means that all crossings have tactile paving, dropped kerbs and (where appropriate) audible signals.
Traffic calming measuresM
• We receive many requests from residents for traffic calming measures to be introduced in their roads to reduce speeds and improve safety.
• We have a prioritised approach which treats areas based on the number of personal injury accidents.
• The speed of vehicles can be influenced by speed limits, speed cameras and speed humps. In general we do not install traffic calming measures in just one road, because traffic calming one road tends simply to move the problems into adjacent roads.
Contacts
Liz Brooker
Road Safety Manager
London Borough of Lewisham
Wearside Depot
Wearside Road, London
SE13 7EZ
T: 020 8314 2254
E: roadsafetyeducation@lewisham.gov.uk