South Chiswick Liveable Neighbourhood
Why is this scheme splitting up Grove park and entrapping residents?
The South Chiswick Liveable Neighbourhood programme started in 2019 and was subsumed into the Streetspace programme in May 2020. The intent of the programme is to restrict through traffic moving through the area. The interventions are specifically targeted to achieve this, whilst seeking to inconvenience local residents as little as practicable. For example, the closure of Hartington Road northbound includes measures that allow access through this closure for residents in the CPZ zones immediately adjacent thus limiting the detour those residents need to do. Based on our experience with ANPR, trying to put in place a virtual gated community around South Chiswick would have been technically and administratively prohibitive. Through the trial process, and our engagement with residents, it may be that this approach has a wider role and could be employed further in due course.
The Grove Park LTN does not tackle rat running. It merely moves it all to Burlington Lane turning that from a relatively low traffic and safe school road into a major through road. Why have you done that?
The scheme seeks to cut through traffic in the whole of Grove Park by reducing the time saved by drivers vs staying on the A316 and accessing the A4 at Hogarth roundabout. Displacement onto Burlington Lane will be monitored as part of the review
Can the council clarify its enforcement strategy in regard to this scheme? Specifically, why does camera enforcement not use CPZ and DVLA data to monitor road users?
ANPR systems to manage vehicle access are a relatively new approach on roads in the borough. They are currently used on a number of School Street schemes and also to restrict access to Heston Services for accredited Highways England staff only. These existing cameras usually work on an individual basis, capturing vehicle number plates past a particular point. In the School Street example, a list is maintained for vehicles owned by residents who live within the zone, who are permitted access during the times the road is closed to other traffic. The database for operation is separate from the CPZ database, these are two entirely different systems. The CPZ permit database is integrated into the council’s MIS system for management of permit applications and payments. The two system are currently not compatible.
It should also be noted that there are a number of residents within the respective CPZ areas who park off the highway and therefore have not registered for a CPZ permit, however they would still be eligible for inclusion. Therefore, even if the two systems were compatible, additional registration would still be required.
