Burlington Lane - Urban Terrorism
Hounslow Council have committed a deliberate act of urban terrorism on residents and users of Burlington Lane.Under the guise of creating a "low traffic neighbourhood" they have turned what was once a quiet, safe, low traffic street into a an extremely busy and increasingly dangerous cut through route for traffic between A316 and A4.Before these changes it was safe and pleasant to cycle, walk and cross this street. Now it is a nightmare and dangerous.This is deliberate.By closing access to Hartington Lane and through Staveley Road, traffic has only one route to take - Burlington Lane. Why did the council decide that Burlington Lane was a better cut through route than Hartington Road?Burlington Lane passes the main entrance to the 1200 pupil Chiswick SchoolIt passes Chiswick House & ParkIt is the main pedestrian route for both these places.It passes the main entrance for Chiswick mainline station.It passes shops, doctors, tennis club, nursery, bus stops.It is the shortest cycle route from Kew Bridge to Hammersmith (after the horror of CHR and King St - anyone with sense would prefer the river route)Hartington Road has none of these:It avoids all shops, schools, parks etcIt is low pedestrianIt has a host of traffic calming measuresI appreciate that residents of Hartington Road do not want a cut through along their road but if you were choosing the least impactful route it would be this one.The council has 2 choices:1. Put it back to how it was.2. Add further measures to block all turnings off the A316 to traffic other than residents.Meanwhile there is an increasing likelihood of serious accident along Burlington Lane as traffic increases every day let alone all the negative impacts of the new High Traffic Neighbourhood that Hounslow Council have created.
Richard Potts ● 1952d44 Comments ● 1936d