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Improving Turnpike Lane

Turnpike Lane’s future

Turnpike Lane street signHigh Streets are the heart and soul of our community and as a council; we want to ensure that our High Streets remain a vibrant and bustling part of community life.  

Turnpike Lane bustles with activity. It has great independent shops with loyal customers and is an important transport hub. But it could be better. 

We want the local community and shop owners to share their views on the future of Turnpike Lane. The communities’ opinions will feed into a collaborative improvement plan, which will support the area’s long-term development. 

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Why Turnpike Lane?

Turnpike Lane is a unique and integral part of Wood Green. It has traditional Victorian terraced street properties with more than 100 shops along its length. It also connects the east and west parts of the borough.

Shoppers on Turnpike LaneIn earlier consultations on the future of Wood Green, the community were very clear that they would like to see Turnpike Lane improved. 

A recent study into Economy and Employment Space in Wood Green identified Turnpike Lane as an area of untapped opportunity. With investment, it has huge potential to be a busy and thriving street meeting local shopping needs and business needs.

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Working together to improve Turnpike Lane

As a council we would like to:

  • Deliver community-led regeneration - we want you, the residents, traders and local stakeholders to participate and become partners in the development and future of Turnpike Lane 
  • Fruit and vegetable stallContribute to a safer environment - Turnpike Lane will be a place where people will have ownership, feeling secure and proud to live and do business
  • Enhance public spaces - create a cleaner, greener and safer experience for all users of Turnpike Lane
  • Secure a legacy of good design - enhance the unique identity of Turnpike Lane and reflect the vibrant and diverse community that live, work, shop and play there
  • Improve safety - design out anti-social behaviour
  • Promote local economy - support existing local businesses to grow, attract new businesses to the area and work closely with the Turnpike Lane Traders Association

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Have your say

Tell us what you think about...

  • Bus stopsStreets and public spaces 
  • Shops
  • Congestion, traffic, cycling and walking
  • Safety
  • How could Turnpike Lane be greener?

...in Turnpike Lane. What do you love and what do you think could be improved? We would love to hear your views. Email them to woodgreenregeneration@haringey.gov.uk

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What are we doing to improve things now?

A number of activities have taken place to understand the issues affecting the area. 

Issues raised by residents, traders, shoppers and visitors included:

  • Rush hour on Turnpike LaneAnti-Social Behaviour and Crime
  • Cleanliness and fly tipping
  • Condition of roads and pavements
  • Parking and congestion
  • Drainage
  • Lighting
  • Physical Environment
  • Lack of greenery and trees

In response we are…

  • Antisocial Behaviour and Crime 
    • Partnership working with the Metropolitan Police to identify the offenders involved in drugs activity at Ducketts Common
    • Police and Council increased resources to tackle anti-social behaviour in the area and share intelligence
    • Haringey Council Officers are exploring possible sources of funding to install a CCTV camera to cover Harringay Passage
       
  • Dirtiness / Street Cleaning  
    • Litter 
      • FlytippingTurnpike Lane is swept throughout the day from 7am. Feedback on the quality of the sweep is good 
      • The council has purchased a new deep wash kit and will be carrying out extra cleaning of the pavements
    • Graffiti 
      • The council will remove graffiti, and within 24 hours if offensive or racist. There may be delays if the graffiti is on private property
    • Fly Tipping
      • Fly tipping in this area is typically black bags presented on the pavement at the wrong time of day 
      • The area has two collections each day, one in the morning and one in the evening
      • Businesses have separate commercial contracts for disposal of waste and where this is via a sack collection it should also keep to the advertised time bands
      • The council will check that businesses have arrangements in place for collection of waste
      • Council officers try to prevent fly-tipping by offering advice and guidance, designing out opportunities where possible and enforcing where they are able
         
  • Condition of the roads and pavements
    • The council will resurface the rest of the Turnpike Lane in 2019
    • The paving is planned to be inspected and any damaged slabs replaced
    • The extent of further refurbishment and investment will be scoped during the development of the Improvement Plan
       
  • Parking restrictions: 
    • Haringey Council has agreed to reconfigure parking spaces on the side roads to create 54 extra pay by phone parking spaces
    • Six underused loading bays have been converted to 18 pay by phone parking spaces
       
  • Marketing banners
    • New brackets on lampposts have been installed to enable lamppost banner publicity/marketing campaigns. A trader led campaign to mark Ramadan is currently up on lampposts 
  • Festive Lights
    • Haringey Council will install power supply and sockets to support installation of Festive lights, to be ready for Christmas 2019
       
  • Liveable Crouch End
    • Marketing bannersA ‘Liveable Neighbourhood Project’ is Transport for London initiative which gives boroughs the opportunity to bid for funding for long-term schemes that encourage walking, cycling and the use of public transport
    • In December 2017, the council secured funding from Transport for London to deliver a Liveable Neighbourhoods project for Crouch End
    • Haringey’s first liveable neighbourhood in Crouch End will radically change travel behaviour in a part of the borough characterised by high car ownership and a dominance of motor vehicles passing through the town centre
    • There is an aspiration to align future plans for Turnpike Lane with what is happening in Crouch End
    • The council’s aspiration is to bring more people to the area by walking and cycling 
    • Demand shows that there will be an increasing number of cyclists and there is potentially the need to provide a segregated cycle route to join Turnpike lane to Crouch End 

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Page last updated:

15 July 2019

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