Local Road Traffic Schemes

Points of interest from the 16 November Road Safety meeting:

  1. The design and/or position of the zebra crossing proposed for the Babington House end of Elmstead Lane has been opposed by our local ward councillors. No further details available but a quick chat with the traffic engineer present at the meeting revealed that this scheme is likely to be shelved unless public opinion can be brought to bear on the councillors,
  2. The approaches to the junction of Royal Parade, Centre Common Road and Bromley Road will be resurfaced with "anti-skid" material late 2010/early 2011,
  3. Installing a zebra crossing at the Bullers Wood end of Logs Hill will not happen as there is no safe place to put it,
  4. Unless the government issues precise guidance Cllr Smith is not prepared to spend time or money on a 20mph speed limit scheme. John Harvey appeared resigned to losing this battle - at least temporarily.

Other information from October:

Loop Road Roundabout. Residents will have noticed, as it disrupted traffic in Chislehurst village centre for some time, that revisions have been made to the mini-roundabout at the junction of Ashfield Lane and Loop Road on the Common. This is an accident black spot and previous measures did not seem to help. While the outcome is not quite what we expected, let us hope that these changes help.

Station Parking. On-street parking arrangements around Chislehurst Station have been revised to stop obstructive parking on Bickley Park Road and Summer Hill, and this seems to have eased the problem. The parking bays under the bridge are to be removed by the end of October.

Summer Hill. One resident has complained that the high kerbs recently installed on Summer Hill cause vehicles to bounce off them into oncoming traffic, and even into the fences on the other side of the road in one case. Photographic evidence of such incidents has been forwarded to the council. All road safety schemes are reviewed after a few months so if you have any comments on them (or on parking schemes such as the one mentioned above) please advise Bromley Council (Traffic Section in Environmental Services) and copy your letter to the Chislehurst Society.

Parking. It was agreed at a recent council meeting that times for charging in off-street car parks in Chislehurst would be harmonised with on-street parking times so as to encourage off-street parking. So you will in future be able to park free of charge after 6.30 p.m. (currently 7.30 p.m.).

Watts Lane. The width-restriction chicane on Watts Lane/Manor Park Road was recently reconstructed. It had been ‘widened’ by vehicles that had collided with it. After being restored to the proper width, a predictable collection of broken wing mirrors is the result.

If you want further information about these issues contact the council at:

Telephone:  020 8313 4543
Fax:  020 8313 1948
e-mail:  traffic@bromley.gov.uk