feature: £9 million improvements hit the road
14 May 2008
A new multi-million pound programme has been launched by Haringey Council to improve roads, transport systems and streetlights across the borough.
This year the council will be spending more than £9 million on a range of schemes to make traveling around Haringey easier and safer for residents and visitors.
The new Highways Works Plan for 2008/9, funded by both the council and Transport for London, sets out proposals to replace hundreds of street light columns, resurface dozens of roads, and re-lay many pavements around the borough.
The funding, which could rise to £10 million and beyond through further grants and investment, also includes an extra £200,000 to repair potholes across Haringey over the coming months.
Meanwhile, as part of the council’s drive to tackle climate change at a local level, there will also be substantial money spent on encouraging people to travel by alternative transport to the car.
That includes improvements to cycle routes, increased cycle parking, schemes to improve the speed of bus services, and more money for school travel plans, aimed at making roads around schools safer and encouraging more children to walk or cycle to school.
Cabinet member for environment and conservation Cllr Brian Haley said:
“We want to ensure all of our residents can get around Haringey easily and safely, which is why we’re continuing to invest heavily in road and transport improvements around the borough.
|Back to top“I’m particularly pleased that Transport for London is supporting what we’re trying to achieve in Haringey. Their funding will help us in our drive to tackle climate change by encouraging more people to leave the car at home and get around by alternative transport.”
Hole lotta fixing going on
This year’s Highways Works Plan is the first in Haringey’s history to directly incorporate the views of residents.
The council will be spending an additional £200,000 on a pothole blitz after people gave potholes as their biggest highways priority in an On the Road to Improvement consultation carried out last summer.
The blitz will take place on a ward-by-ward basis, starting in those wards where the highest proportion of respondents gave potholes as a priority.
But the extra cash will also help the council make general repairs to more potholes more quickly.
You can report potholes by calling 020 8489 3993 or visit www.haringey.gov.uk/is_potholes.
|Back to topHaringey Council will invest (2008/10):
- £2 million for improving street lights
- £2 million to re-lay pavements
- £1.4 million for resurfacing roads
- £600,000 for improving parking
- £400,000 on roads safety schemes
- £600,000 on flood relief
TfL funding for 2008/09
- £1 million for cycling improvements
- £1 million for transport improvements around Tottenham High Road
- More than £600,000 for improved safety around schools
- £400,000 for resurfacing Wood Green High Road
- £180,000 for a new 20mph zone in Tottenham Hale
Up your street
These are just some of the improvements planned to take place this year:
Resurfacing roads:
- Alexandra Park Road, N10
- High Street, N6
- Rokesly Avenue, N8
- Stapleton Hall Road, N4
- Mayfield Road, N8
- Ladysmith Road, N17
- Inderwick Road, N8
- Hermitage Road, N15
- The Grove, N4
- Queens Road, N11
- Fletton Road, N11
- Forster Road, N15
- Willoughby Park Road N17
Relaying pavement:
- Northumberland Park, N17
- Wightman Road, N8
- Etherley Road, N15
- Bancroft Avenue, N2
- Rycroft Way, N17
- Finsbury Road, N22
- Jellicoe Road, N17
- Holcombe Road, N17
- Lealand Road, N15
- Ferndale Road, N15
- Hillfield Avenue, N8
- Park View Road, N17
- Highgate Avenue, N6
- Tariff Road, N17
Replacing street lights:
- Roads south of Lansdowne Road towards Monument Way, N17
- Area west of Tottenham High Road, Northumberland Park ward, N17
- Area north of West Green Road, including Carlingford Road area, N15
- From St Ann’s Road to West Green Road, N15
- Weston Park and surrounding roads, N8
- Ferme Park Road, N8
- Crouch Hill, N8
- Palmerston Road, N22
Bus priority schemes:
- The Roundway, N17
- Philip Lane, N15
- Turnpike Lane, N8
- Highgate High Street, N6 (Route 210)
- Bounds Green Road junctions with Durnsford Road and Brownlow Road, N11
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