Councillors Approve New Putney Traffic Restrictions
Left turn ban aims to limit rat-running on Charlwood and Chelverton Roads
Junction of Charlwood Road and Upper Richmond Road. Picture: Google Streetview
New traffic restrictions, designed to limit rat-running on residential streets in Putney, have been approved by the borough's transport committee.
The meeting of councillors on Tuesday 29 June was asked to consider the introduction of a weekday early-morning ban on motorists turning left from the Upper Richmond Road into Charlwood Road.
The ban will now apply between 7am and 10am Monday to Friday and prevent motorists using Charlwood Road and Chelverton Road as a short-cut between the South Circular and Putney High Street.
The council says that the plans were drawn up following analysis of traffic movements and accident statistics at these locations which found that 13 minor incidents and one fatal collision had occurred on this travel corridor in the past three years.
A report to councillors outlining the issue states, “As recorded, there has been a number of accidents in the last three years at the junctions of Upper Richmond Road with Charlwood Road, and at Chelverton Road with Putney High Street. It is therefore proposed to introduce a banned left turn (except cyclists) during the hours of 7am to 10am Monday to Friday from the A205 Upper Richmond Road onto Charlwood Road, to improve road safety, reduce volume of through traffic and congestion at peak hour, and to improve road safety.”
Because the changes affect a part of Transport for London’s (TfL) strategic network of red routes, final approval for the changes would need to be sought from TfL.
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July 8, 2022