| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Residents Say tree roots are making pavements impassable | |
| Posted by: | Lizzie Bruce | |
| Date/Time: | 17/09/25 17:39:00 |
| Phillipa, I wonder if you have walked up Duke Rd W4? The minimum pavement width should be 100cm. At multiple points on the road there is barely 70cm (which incidentally in interior design floorplans is the minimum width for a person to safely and comfortably pass between the walls and furniture). The issue isn't that people are charging down the road without looking or being inconsiderate. We don't get electric bikes on the pavement, you couldn't fit the width of a bicycle handlebar between the trees and front walls. Yes, one can stop and say hi to a neighbour or fellow passer by. But there are 9 trees even in the short span of Duke Rd between Glebe Rd and Chiswick High Rd. Several of those require one person to stop and wait (often both parties politely wait behind the tree, not seeing the other has waited, which is amusing for the first couple of times). It's not unfriendliness, it's simply, on a daily basis, a major impracticality. If anything, pavement chats are reduced as you would have to step back onto the road or become a further slalom point for pedestrians on what is a pretty busy footfall thoroughfare, with 2 schools at the far end and many residents popping to the shops. Additionally, the situation breaks the Equality Act, as wheelchair users are unable to use the pavements on Duke Rd at all for long stretches. It would be very hard for someone to navigate with a stick or crutches. And as others have mentioned, it's difficult for families with pushchairs. |