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Don’t forget the School Streets consultation is open until Sunday 7 Nov.
You can still take part and have your say on the future of Harrow’s School Streets by completing the online form at www.harrow.gov.uk/schoolstreetsconsultation
Thanks
Thank you for your comments and feedback on each of the four School Streets.
The Commonplace School Streets pages are now closed.
Following the extended trial period, we have launched a formal consultation as part of the review of these schemes.
We’re asking local residents/ business / school communities in and around the School Streets for Grimsdyke, Marlborough, Newton Farm and Park High schools, to take part and share their views on the future of the schemes.
The consultation is open from Monday 18 October to Sunday 7 November 2021. Visit www.harrow.gov.uk/schoolstreetsconsultation
The Commonplace School Streets pages will be closing for comments from Thursday 14 October.
As you know, the School Street schemes for Grimsdyke, Marlborough, Newton Farm and Park High schools were introduced on a trial basis last year, using an experimental traffic regulation order (ETRO) which can remain in place for up to 18 months. The trial period for the four schemes was extended for six months, following Harrow Council’s Cabinet decision earlier this year
Throughout the trials, we have regularly monitored the schemes and gathered the views of residents, ward councillors and key stakeholders, including schools. As part of this process, we will be launching a consultation soon, where local residents will be able to give their views on how we progress with the schemes.
In the meantime, you can continue to have your say on the schemes, until Thursday 14 October, when the pages will close.
Dear Commonplace respondent
As we begin the new school term, this is a gentle reminder that School Streets will be in operation, from 1 September 2021.
A School Street is a road with a school on it, or nearby, that becomes a vehicle-restricted zone at the start and end of the school day. The scheme is controlled using CCTV enforcement cameras and there are traffic signs at the entry points to the zone, to inform drivers of the restrictions. All vehicles without permits that enter the zone during operating times, may be issued with a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN).
Introduced in 2020, the experimental School Street, is designed to reduce traffic and congestion around the school entrance at key times, improve road safety and local air quality. The trial period for the schemes were extended for six months, following Harrow Council’s Cabinet decision earlier this year, and will run through until late Autumn, when a full consultation will be carried out.
What do you need to do?
• If you already have a permit, there is no need for further action as your registered vehicle will be exempt from restrictions.
• If you do not have a permit, please register your vehicle(s) now. For details of how to apply for a free virtual permit, visit www.harrow.gov.uk/schoolstreets . Vehicles without permits that enter the School Street zone during operating times, may be issued with a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN).
Don’t forget to give us your feedback on the scheme, simply click on the button to have your say .
Thanks to everyone who has already shared their views so far.
LTN consultation extended
Technical problems with the Harrow Council website and web forms yesterday, meant the website was down for a few hours. This downtime may have impacted on the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) consultation and respondents may not have been able to complete the consultation process during that period.
The LTN consultation has been open for three weeks and was scheduled to close yesterday, but following the website’s technical issues, a decision has been made to extend the LTN consultation until 23.59 tomorrow evening (23 March), to ensure respondents have an opportunity to participate.
The pages are now live and can be accessed at www. harrow.gov.uk/ltn
Have you had your say on the Streetspace cycling and school street schemes yet?
• Feedback open to all Harrow residents and stakeholders
• Harrow Streetspace Commonplace page closes - 31 March
• Feedback to be considered at a Special Traffic and Road Safety Advisory Panel (TARSAP) in April.
Harrow Council seeks to encourage residents to leave their views about its experimental cycle lanes and school streets, as they near the end of their six-month trials. Residents have until the 31 March to take part and leave their feedback via the Harrow Commonplace engagement portal.
The Harrow Streetspace initiative, funded by the Government, includes four school streets and three cycle lanes. These measures were put in place following government guidance to create space for people to socially distance, making streets safer, quieter and less polluted and to encourage walking and cycling, while public transport was at reduced capacity.
School streets were introduced in areas with historically high levels of drop off and pick up by car, in order to keep the environment safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
Cycle lanes were created on either dual carriageways or roads that have multiple lanes, reducing some road speeds to 30mph to improve safety for cyclists.
The cycle lane and school street schemes support Harrow’s longer-term climate and health objectives of reducing air pollution, levels of obesity and diabetes, while also tackling congestion, speeding and improving overall road safety.
Introduced using an experimental traffic regulation order (ETRO), the schemes were proposed for a trial period of six months. An ETRO can stay in place for a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 18 months, while the schemes are monitored and assessed.
During the trials, engagement with stakeholders including bus operators, community groups and the emergency services has taken place. Online engagement via the Harrow Streetspace page on Commonplace has also received feedback since the start of the schemes.
Residents, businesses, schools and key stakeholders in each scheme area have been written to, encouraging them to share their views on the schemes before the deadline.
Scheme comments can be left at https://harrowstreetspacestrials.commonplace.is/overview .
The Harrow Streetspace engagement page closes for comments on 31 March.
Feedback on the schemes will be considered at a special TARSAP meeting in April 2021.
The Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) consultation is now open. We welcome views from all Harrow residents and stakeholders, as to how we progress with the LTN schemes currently in place.
The Headstone South, Francis Road, Vaughan Road and Southfield Park* LTNs were introduced last year, using an experimental traffic regulation order (ETRO) for a six-month trial period.
The consultation forms part of the six-month review process of the schemes and is open until 21 March 2021.
Take part in the consultation at www.harrow.gov.uk/ltn
*Southfield Park
The Southfield Park LTN scheme is not part of this consultation. Due to the complexities of this particular scheme and the unintended impact on surrounding streets, specifically Manor Way and Priory Way, a decision has been taken by the Corporate Director for Community, in consultation with the portfolio holder for Environment and the Leader of the Council, to suspend the operation of the Southfield Park LTN. A letter has been sent to all residents within the LTN and surrounding roads with details.
As a reminder, the Commonplace Low Traffic Neighbourhood page is now closed. We would like to thank you for all your comments and feedback on the scheme so far.
Changes to Harrow’s Streetspace programme will improve access for the emergency services and give residents peace of mind over Christmas.
We have made immediate improvements to our Streetspace programme following conversations with emergency services and ward Councillors.
At the talks the London Fire Brigade highlighted potential changes to ease access to Stanmore Fire station. While the Ambulance Service, the Fire Brigade and the Police confirmed the positive news that they have continued to meet their statutory target response times in the borough, the concern is that with the significant and growing increases in Covid-19 infection rates and additional winter pressures, this could impact severely on the resources of the emergency services when dealing with additional cases.
The need to support our emergency services partners is a priority for the Council, particularly in the run up to Christmas when services may be over stretched.
In response, we've decided to make immediate improvements to the Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and Honeypot Lane cycle lane which include:
Cllr Graham Henson, Leader of Harrow Council said of the immediate changes, “Following recent conversations with the emergency services on the growing pressures they face with winter and the increasing infection rates for Covid-19 in Harrow, we have taken swift action to support their services by improving their access to the LTNs and Stanmore fire station.
“LTNs have a place in Harrow and we are committed to creating schemes that work for our residents and local communities.
This is why we will be engaging directly with those residents living within LTNs and school streets in the new year inviting them to give their views on these changes and future proposals for the schemes.
“In normal circumstances, we would have engaged more extensively with the community before introducing the Streetspace schemes but due to the nature of the emergency and the requirement of the conditions of Government funding we had to act with unprecedented speed.”
There have been mixed reviews of the use of planters to close roads in LTNs to reduce traffic and improve safety. The Council are carrying out monthly reviews to understand their impact, which includes feedback from residents and the emergency services.
The December review (based on data collected in November) and any proposed changes to Streetspace schemes will be presented at a newly scheduled Traffic and Road Safety Advisory Panel (TARSAP) meeting in January.
School streets on the other hand are growing in popularity amongst Harrow Head Teachers with a further 10 talking with the Council about how the scheme would work for them and the application/funding process.
Cllr Henson says: “As cases of Coronavirus continue to rise rapidly in Harrow, and London, it is vital that we deliver traffic-schemes that enable our residents to social distance while also creating safer neighbourhoods, improving road safety and reducing the impact of the climate emergency.”
The next TARSAP meeting will be held on Monday 11th January 2021 at 6.30pm.
Residents can give their feedback on the LTNs, as well as the cycle lanes and school streets, under Have your Say .
Last week we temporarily moved planters on Southfield Park, Kingsfield Avenue and Pinner View (by Bolton Road) in response to residents’ concerns and to help alleviate the additional pressure on the road network caused by essential road works to replace gas mains on Station Road.
The planters were installed as temporary emergency measures earlier this autumn in four areas of Harrow to create safer streets in neighbourhoods affected by high volumes of traffic and pollution. Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are part of the Government initiative to support social distancing and promote greater levels of walking and cycling. Councils were required to implement emergency schemes with unprecedented pace – the speed that the council acted was in response to the nature of the emergency but also a requirement of the conditions for Government funding.
We’ve listened to your feedback and we're going to keep these changes in place until we do the overall review of the scheme.
The traffic schemes, including the LTNs, are reviewed on a monthly basis to understand their impact, this includes feedback from residents – the data for the most recent review can now be viewed online at www.harrow.gov.uk/streetspace
LTNs have a place in Harrow and we are committed to creating schemes that work for our residents which address the ongoing issues of speeding and high levels of traffic on narrow residential roads. We will continue to engage with you about the future scope of the LTNs ensuring your views are listened to as part of the decision-making process.
You can give your feedback on the LTNs, as well as the cycle lanes and school streets, on Have your say
Hello everyone,
We are advising you that some more proposals for low traffic neighbourhoods and school streets have been added to the portal this weekend. Click on Harrow Street Spaces Proposals to see details of the schemes. Please have a look through the proposals and let us know your comments and views.
Harrow Transportation Team
Hello everyone,
We are advising you that some more proposals for low traffic neighbourhoods and school streets have been added to the portal this weekend. Click on Harrow Street Spaces Proposals to see details of the schemes. Please have a look through the proposals and let us know your comments and views.
Harrow Transportation Team
Hello everyone,
We are advising you that some more proposals for pedestrian space measures and for strategic cycling routes have been added to the portal this weekend. Click on Harrow Street Spaces Proposals to see details of the schemes. Please have a look through the proposals and let us know your comments and views.
Harrow Transportation Team
Hello everyone,
We are advising you that some more proposals for pedestrian space measures and for strategic cycling routes have been added to the portal this weekend. Click on Harrow Street Spaces Proposals to see details of the schemes. Please have a look through the proposals and let us know your comments and views.
Harrow Transportation Team