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Our Healthy Walworth. Over 1200 Visitors… 600 suggestions… have we heard from you?

We’re in the last few weeks of the Our Healthy Walworth online map and survey . Still plenty of time to get involved and have your say, as hundreds of your neighbours have already.

Many people have been telling us that improving air quality is a priority. To do that will probably involve changes to roads to reduce the volume of traffic and make the area less inviting for drivers taking short cuts – this could mean road closures, banned turns or ‘school streets’ – timed closures at morning and afternoon peaks. Are there opportunities to make these changes benefit local businesses and create a more attractive neighbourhood for everyone?

We’ve received a huge variety of comments. Take a look at the map and see what people have been saying on your street. Below are some examples:

Brandon Street: "Too much rat running along Portland Street/Brandon Street""There is too much rat running along Brandon Street/Portland Street. It makes the area dangerous and difficult to cross the road. We need less traffic."Browning Street: "Traffic, pollution, air quality, poor narrow pavements""Browning Street is horrible and probably one of the worst streets in the areas - constant through traffic with high polluting and noisy vehicles, really bad air quality, poor quality narrow pavements, dirty with lots of garbage/litter. Makes it really unpleasant to walk down, and makes me feel concerned for my health."Larcom Street: "Cars idling outside primary school""Parents who drop their kids off by car should turn their engines off while they're waiting - keeping the engine idling is very bad for the air quality right outside a school."Sturgeon Road: "The area outside the school""Some parents drop their kids at school by car on Penrose Street and Sturgeon Road. The unpredictable vehicle movements are unpleasant for other road users, pedestrians and cyclists, because the kerb pull-ins and U-turns are confusing. It is unnecessary for anyone to drop their children off by car unless disabled. It is difficult for me to navigate through the traffic in this area by bike in the morning, so I have changed my cycle route to work."John Ruskin Street: "Too much through traffic""John Ruskin Street is really dangerous. The cars go incredibly fast. It's really bad trying to cross the road and you'd have to be pretty brave to cycle."

Please share this with all your friends and neighbours (you can use the buttons below) – it really makes a difference the more people we hear from, and we can only make the positive changes Walworth needs if we hear from people what they want.

Posted on 13th December 2019

by Jonathan Hamston