| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Tfl proposals for Hogarth Roundabout | |
| Posted by: | Jeremy Parkinson | |
| Date/Time: | 04/08/24 09:48:00 |
| I am not ignoring the seriousness of the collisions at Hogarth Roundabout any more than you are ignoring those that have occurred at Cycleway 9. It is very difficult to put the three collisions resulting in serious injury that occurred at the Hogarth Roundabout in context without more information. However, looking at the FoI response to the OCPS request it would appear that the one serious collision to a motorcyclist occurred at the Dorchester Grove junction which is the other side of the roundabout to Church Street. As motorcyclist safety is explicitly given as the main reason for these changes - are you willing to argue that they are making a strong case? I'm not posing as an expert or casting aspersions on the engineers who designed these changes. I have confidence that the designs have been drawn up to the highest standards but their aim is self-evidently to increase capacity at this junction. My criticism is of the way these changes are being justified which is likely to have been a decision taken not by engineers but press and PR people. They have completely failed to make a case for widening the A4 on safety grounds. We have been given vague numbers which are meaningless without further detail. At the very least a report into the collision history of the last five years should have been provided as part of the consultation process. Although you say you are not an advocated of this scheme you seem to be rolling out your usual tactic of vague use of data, juvenile insults and moral condemnation of anyone who disagrees with you. I think it is fair to conclude you are a major fan of what TfL wants to do. |