Paul C - you claim traffic is back to near normal, but its interesting at the busy junction of the High Road and Acton, there no queues on the High Road in either direction. Also I cross the A4 most days and traffic there in and out of London is still way below normal. There we no queues down Acton Lane before the two road closures. So I do not accept that these queues are just normality, we are still overall in W4 a long, long way from normal volumes. More to the point, why have Hounslow changed the lights to let fewer vehicles through on this vital route, can you rationalise that? Any sensible scheme would recognise that traffic needs to be able to more across the tube lines which cut our community in half and adjust to facilitate that, more than ever when closing the two alternatives. Are the views of people who live on these roads or local area relevant? Tom, I like the Waltham Forest report quote giving its intention to assess the 'impact and benefits it has had against our objectives'. So what are the objectives in Chiswick? We were told the closure of TGT and Fishers lane was for COVID, now it seems its to reduce traffic on the High Road for the temporary CS9. If you can't define the objectives then how do you measure success. And how about residents, tradesmen and other traffic that needs to head north-south, why is it being made even harder? Are unnecessary queues a green solution?Delving into the report is interesting. Firstly there was extensive consultation and traffic counting before hand, as well as extensive and proactive engagement as part of the review with actual local residents. Unlike the recent schemes in north Chiswick where there is none. Also on balance residents did not see any change to traffic volumes, and the vast majority saw no change to their perception of their street. Quite a few thought it had got worse. So I would welcome a coherent scheme, well consulted, with widespread traffic counts and modelling, with a thorough review. We have none of that. Its utterly irrelevant to compare the outcome in Waltham Forest with the incoherent mess of proposals we have here. And lets not forget CS9 is not designed to benefit Chiswick. CS9 is designed primarily to facilitate longer distance cycle commuting that happens to pass through Chiswick, a commute that for many people no longer exists.
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