If we ignore the rampant virtue signal from the usual people, lets look at the underlying issues here.LBH announced the 'temporary' closure of TGT, with no consultation (or even telling Ealing) or modelling. Then strangely soon after, supposedly unrelated, TFL announced the 'temporary' CS9 that just happened to include the assumption that TGT would remain closed to through traffic.TFL clearly acknowledge that the current version of CS9 restricts traffic capacity on the central High Road, hence the need for these additional measures to hold traffic back. The new light phasing at the CHR and TGT junction lets very few vehicles through. WE also have the new bus gate before Acton Lane. This is even worse, because it actively diverts traffic including vans and lorries onto residential streets and the non-segregated route of CS9. It is a serious accident waiting to happen (there has already been one, conveniently ignored by the lobbyists).So we have queues at either end of the High Road and to the north along the SOuth Parade to Acton Lane route. This was inevitable. I posted this as soon as the proposals were public, and was called all sorts of names by the lobbyists for pointing out the obvious.These queues will only worsen as life returns to normal. Conveniently, the queues and congestion sit where there are no pollution monitors. As they are generally away from the route of CS9, TFL (and Tom Pike) can make the ludicrous claim that cycle lanes do not cause congestion.The geography of Chiswick, cut in half by both the A4 and tube lines, creates unique challenges. TFL and LBH ignore this to push the scheme through. A good question is why funding was found for the south circular stretch of CS9 by Kew Bridge, where the road across the bridge has been widened, but Chiswick is left to suffer with the cheap version????People like Arnold sadly suffer as a result, as do bus users. Public transport needs to come first.I would note that non of the lobbyists live on the impacted roads, seem to use buses or rely on vehicles for key aspects of their life. As they suffer neither the inconvenience or the resultant health issues, they do not care. At all.
Paul Green ● 2013d