Leaflet in support of Fisher's Lane closure
I've received a leaflet through my door in favour of keeping the restrictions on Fisher's Lane. It appears to be from an organisation called Better Ealing Streets, who presumably having lost the battle over LTNs elsewhere in the borough are concentrating on the restrictions that remain.The leaflet doesn't appear to have been drafted by people familiar with the area, for instance it refers Chiswick Common rather than Chiswick Back Common and appears to believe that Fishers Lane is close to the entrance to the Rocks Lane facility. That said, I'm not as implacably opposed to the closure as when it first was suggested particularly now Turnham Green Terrace was opened. I've switched from doing the major weekly shop from Chiswick Sainsbury's to Acton and we tend to bypass Chiswick High Road for any longer journeys to the west by using the north circular, not because of Fisher's Lane but because the High Road tends to be congested. The traffic on South Parade is clearly higher than it used to be but not too an unacceptable level although parents at the nursery by St Albans Church might disagree.What the leaflet doesn't address is the displacement, which perhaps the publishers are unaware of. The vehicles that used to go down Fisher's Lane are now using Acton Lane and the tailbacks still regularly reach from the High Road past Chiswick Park station which means stationary traffic outside people's homes and another nursery on Bollo Lane.The leaflet fails to see the irony when it states - Some people want... more cars driving down your roads - which is effectively what they are advocating for residents around Acton Green.
Anita Blake ● 1880d118 Comments ● 1864d