Quieter Neighbourhoods

Enfield Council's new minority Conservative administration has begun the process required to remove the Fox Lane and Bowes low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), despite the fact that their share of votes did not give them a mandate to do so.

An agenda item for Monday's New Southgate Ward Forum will be an update on the trial relaxation of entry/exit points for drivers who live within the western part of the Bowes Primary quieter neighbourhood.

The leader of the Conservative group on Enfield Council has stated that if he becomes council leader every low-traffic neighbourhood in the borough will be 'ripped out' and cameras will be turned off on 'day one'.

A petition signed by people living in the Bowes Primary Area Quieter Neighbourhood demanding an additional access point by car to their streets was debated at Monday's meeting of Enfield Council's scrutiny committee.

Projects to create two new Quieter Neighbourhoods - Bowes East and Edmonton Green - have now progressed to the second phase of community engagement, which runs until 11th February. The council has now developed specific proposals designed to deter or prevent drivers from cutting through the two areas, which will thus become more peaceful for people living within the area and safer and pleasanter for people using the streets on foot or on bikes, or stopping to talk to neighbours.