Andrew Dismore

 

Professor  Alderman ( letters 10/4/14) is right about the need for a pelican crossing on Colindeep Lane and he is right about the  foot dragging,  buck passing ,   and lack of information from Conservative Barnet Council.

They blamed TfL, so I raised the issue at the last Mayor’s Question Time. The answer was:

Barnet’s completed scheme submission was received by TfL on 14 February 2014 and TfL has rapidly designed the signals specification on the Borough’s behalf and issued it for construction. A typical turnaround time for approving signal designs is three months but, in this case, TfL was aware of the urgency and fast tracked the application through the design stage in a matter of weeks.

So why did it take the Council over a year  to submit their design; and as TfL turned the approval round quickly, why is it still that nothing has happened?

Surely this is not  yet another case of the incompetent management  of Barnet  Council by the Conservatives?

yours sincerely

 

Andrew Dismore

Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden