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I agree Mark.  1.  Just to try and be clear, folks:    it is Access Only from the western side [e.g. from Kew Bridge].  So you can use SOTG pubs, businesses, so long as you park your car BEFORE you reach the Grove Park Road / Terrace junction.  LBH  state: "an access only zone from the Kew Bridge / Strand on The Green junction to the junction of Grove Park Terrace / Grove Park Road was implemented on a trial basis. This allowed vehicles to enter the zone to access residential properties and businesses in the area unchanged, but not to pass through both points as part of a longer through journey." ["amended operational times of 8am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday. ]2.  Hartington / Staveley Road is a different kettle of Fish.  That is No ENTRY access (for us in North Chiswick and from Great Britain), unless after 7.00 p.m. or on Sunday.  Do not use.  Burlington will also henceforth be No Entry.3.  Please users beware the Brentford FC council parking CPZ magic trick at SOTG.  SOTG CPZ Parking is charged there from 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. Monday to Friday.    ALSO 2.00 until 4.00 on EVERY Sat. / Sunday.  Read the signs.  This means you best park [in perhaps Magnolia / Riverview Rd.] before 7.00 p.m. weekdays.  [to avoid the drive-thru Penalty]  BUT There are no parking charges in such "Riverview CPZ" roads after NOON - Seven Days a week.  Thus for instance you can park & use our railway station! 4. After 7.00 p.m however you can drive where you like!  Also before 8.00 a.m. daily.      If the Council Chief were simply to open up the railway bridge for pedestrians.....5.  You may daily park in Park road to access Chiswick House!, after NOON, for free.Now classmates please remember all this, & remember, vote in the Elections next May !    Comments / approval of these facts is welcomed.

Peter Crowther ● 1704d

Well Jim, while I can't speak for the people who made the decision, I can think of three plausible reasons for the permanent barrier on Staveley:1. The restrictions from the A316 are 8am to 7pm Mon to Sat. The barrier makes the restriction on Staveley 24/7 which is good for the residents and the increasing numbers of people using the road as a safe virtually car-free route across Grove Park and to Chiswick House, Chiswick School and Grove Park School. Much like how Fishers Lane being permanently closed is making it a natural south / north route for cyclists.2. There is more than one purpose to LTNs - they do restrict rat-running as you say (spare me the faux outrage forumers) and they encourage people living in and around the LTN to reduce their use of cars for local journeys such as the people living on Park Road north of the barrier who have complained that they can't drive straight down to the Co-Op. Continuing to use their legs for that journey instead will help them and the environment3. The Staveley restriction from the A316 and the Burlington Lane restriction have been implemented under an ETO which only started on Monday this week at 8am and will be subject to its first review in June this year. There are currently two groups of people lobbying for its removal: a) people who want to restore the rat-running between the A316 and the A4 and b) people who believe that a nine-camera solution will allow them to drive where they like while restricting the rat-running through their area. If either of these groups were to be successful in removing the ETO restrictions then the permanent barrier stands as an insurance policy for the residents of Staveley Road and the people using it as a safe route for cycling

Paul Campbell ● 1702d