Loughborough Junction Road Closures.....go away and leave us alone

We Get Something We Did Not Want

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You wouldn't believe this unless you see it. Total madness which is making people's life a misery. Local residents cut off from going south as a small group of Guardian Readers from the Dulwich side of Loughborough Junction team up with like minded councillors and walk all over the views and the needs of people like me who are in a majority against these closures. So much for democracy.

No consultation, no traffic modelling but implementing this madness against the wishes of the majority. The majority said no but they fetched it in under the cloak of darkness. It's a trial they tell us us while traffic comes to a stand still in between Brixton and Camberwell. We can't get anywhere and nor can ambulances, fire engines and others going about their lawful day to day business. Local firms are paying the price of being strangled within this bottleneck. Loughborough Junction as never been a problem in the 39 years that I have lived nearby. I think the secret is the name 'Junction, which is road and rail. With few roads going south towards Dulwich due to all the rail tracks and bridges in the area it's just plain stupid to close the only three roads going south. It is now nigh on impossible for people north of the Junction to have freedom to drive south and we have to make a detour to Brixton centre or the other way round and end up in Camberwell ,if your lucky. More fuel more engine fumes and time wasted. It creates traffic in residential roads that was not previously there and they are now chocked to a stand still. Crazy Crazy Crazy

To the relief of local people drivers are ignoring the signs and driving through which is helping to keep our roads clear. In some other roads barriers have been moved and left in the kerb.  People are now taking action to stop this madness

What's ironic is the people who want this junction closed have not closed it their side so they can still get out onto Coldharbour Lane but north side (my side) your knackered, trapped and sandwiched into a triangle with not even provision for access. If you want a good example of splitting a area and community in two you could not do it a better way.

I forgot to mention that they want this busy road junction closed and other roads around the junction closed so this small group can can hang around the junction in bistro's and wine bars after they have regenerated the area and got rid of the skip yards, scrap yards and rail arch garages and any type of business or job that didn't suit their woolly jumper lifestyle.

18/9/15  Tonight it was all roads blocked solid from Brixton to Camberwell and all the side roads around it, nightmare.

1/10/15

LOUGHBOROUGH JUNCTION ROAD MADNESS GROUP BRING US TOGETHER

Local meeting in the  local Loughborough Community Centre organised by the LJ Road Madness Group attracted a crowd of 350-400 plus overspill and made it clear that this nonsense has got to stop. London Ambulance Service person spoke about the delays to the ambulances and locals spoke of what they have seen, experienced and their views on this flawed so called comprehensive consultation lunacy. Local councillors who did not approve of these closures and stood with us turned up and at this moment in time, their names escape me.

They asked a question: Is there anybody here that was aware of any consultation and did anybody receive any polling information. Not a single hand was raised. What a absolute stitch up.

A packed hall listens intensely to the chap from the Ambulance Service

5 days later

Lambeth Council deputy leader Imogen Walker said consultation over the closure was "comprehensive" I say that must be untrue as a packed meeting to a man and a women had not been consulted or knew of any poll. I wonder if they polled Herne Hill instead.

Council move road barriers and signs are defaced,

PEOPLE POWER GOT THEIR WISH A MASSIVE PETITION DEMANDS THE RETURN TO HOW IT WAS AND IT WORKED,  WE HAVE OUR LIVES BACK