A few streets in Ruislip Manor all of a sudden have pairs of rubber tubes along their length – but why?
In February, March, and May, residents along Sunnydene Avenue, Dulverton Road and Cornwall Road each independently had a petition hearing before Cllr Steve Tuckwell, Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing & Growth at the Civic Centre – all complaining about high speed traffic tearing down their residential roads – and asking for some kind of traffic calming to be installed.
As the first stage on each street, London Borough of Hillingdon have commissioned traffic surveys – installing those rubber tubes – which will count traffic flow including time, day, type of vehicle, and speed – for three weeks. Surveys are conducted during term time and cost the council about £85 each.
The surveys on all three streets have started this week, explaining why the tubes all appeared at the same time.
Ward councillors often appear at petition hearings to support residents when they make similar requests in other wards, but neither Cllr Susan O’Brien nor Cllr Douglas Mills appeared at any of Ruislip Manor’s three recent petition hearings.
Links to the meeting details for each of the three petition hearings, and video recordings of the hearing themselves, are below – one set for each street:
Sunnydene Avenue
Details of the petition hearing on 5th February are on the council’s website, while video of the hearing and a summary of the petition itself are below:
Read details of the Sunnydene Avenue petition
In an accompanying statement, petitioners have helpfully outlined their desired outcomes as:
“That at least two traffic calming humps be installed in Sunnydene Avenue, Ruislip Manor to prevent speeding, as the road is used as a cut-through when Ruislip Manor High Street is congested. The pavements are very narrow and often children walking to/from school or using Shenley Park have to step into the road to allow a pram or bicycle to pass. The speed that delivery vans and motorbikes drive down the road is dangerous.”
Dulverton Road
Details of the petition hearing on 5th March are on the council’s website, while video of the hearing and a summary of the petition itself are below:
Read details of the Dulverton Road petition
The lead petitioner has helpfully provided the following additional information:
“To prevent speeding as Dulverton Rd is used as a cut through when Victoria Road is congested during the peak hours and weekends. The pavements are narrow and often children and parent walking to/from Lady Banks School, approaching Chelston Approach and Chelston Rd. Often parents with prams, senior citizens walking and in mobility scooters find it difficult and dangerous to cross the road. The speed that the motorists, delivery vans, trucks and motorbikes drive thru is dangerous, noisy and increase in pollution. There have been several accidents happened at the crossroad and other waiting to happen if nothing done. Some of work from home and it is becoming harder to keep the window without the constant traffic noise. We want traffic calming measures i.e. speed humps, speed limit 20mphs install traffic cameras, etc
Cornwall Road
Details of the petition hearing on 21st May are on the council’s website, while video of the hearing and a summary of the petition itself are below:
Read details of the Cornwall Road petition
The lead petitioner has helpfully provided the following additional information:
“High Speed Traffic – On a daily basis there are a significant number of vehicles which travel through Cornwall Road at a frightening speed which is significantly over the speed limit. These vehicles come around the bend of the road at dangerous speed and oncoming traffic has to sharply break. Not only is this extremely dangerous for other drivers and road users, such as pedestrians crossing the road and children. It also poses a risk to residents who park their cars on the road and are exiting their vehicles. I personally have been crossing the road on a previous occasion carrying a number of shopping bags and a car came along at a frightening speed, leaving me to run across the road.
Noise Pollution – With vehicles travelling at speeds above the limit, it creates noise from both the vehicles and from other drivers who will hoot their horn at all hours due to the proximity of there almost being an accident. This is compromising the safety of other drivers who follow the law.
Blind Bends – Cornwall Road is a road with bends and residential street parking which means there is limited sight of the road ahead as oncoming vehicles cannot always be seen. This make it furthermore dangerous as vehicles try to overtake one another. I have witnessed instances where vehicles will drive on the wrong side of the traffic island to overtake another vehicle, or more sinisterly to avoid crashing into a car which is reversing into its driveway.
Opportunity for Council to raise revenue – With the economic climate and the council looking for ways to increase revenue, the installation of speed cameras on Cornwall Road would enable Hillingdon Council to generate revenue through diversification of revenue streams.
Proposal for installation of speed bumps – We are asking the council to install speed bumps of traffic calming bollards in regular frequency throughout Cornwall Road. Speed bumps would help to reduce the speed of vehicles on the rod and the risk of accidents to both road users and pedestrians.
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