15 October 2025
A coroner has concluded that a driver turning into Compton Road from Green Lanes could not have avoided hitting a boy who ran into the road. The boy died from a brain injury. But was it the size of the vehicle - a Land Rover - that made a low-speed collision fatal?
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14 October 2025
Phase 2 of the planned public realm improvements to Enfield Town has been broken up into subphases. Funding has been found for the first of them and work to implement the changes, benefiting primarily pedestrians, is due to start on 20th October and last around three months.
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08 October 2025
Following the preliminary engagement earlier this year regarding the introduction of more 20mph streets in the borough, Enfield Council has now launched a statutory consultation about its plans for three town centres: Palmers Green, Southgate and Edmonton.
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10 September 2025
Enfield Council's deadline for commenting on proposals for more 20mph zones is again 21st September. The evidence that reducing speed limits from 30mph to 20mph cuts deaths and serious injuries is now clear, and particularly so in cases where drivers are in collision with children.
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27 August 2025
The results of a detailed investigation of public opinion show that a large majority of people back measures to reduce deaths and injuries on Britain's roads, even if it means that their journeys take longer. There is also support for prioritising better public transport.
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20 August 2025
Next Tuesday's meeting of Enfield Over 50s Forum - open to anyone over that age - will be discussing the council's updated Fair Enfield policies, and its proposal to introduce 20mph speed limits on many more of the borough's streets. Unfair to drivers? Or is it unfair to the large chunk of the borough's population that don't have access to a car that they are often the most affected by road danger and unhealthy air? Vicki Pite introduces what should be an interesting discussion.
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07 August 2025
Enfield residents have an opportunity to help reduce deaths and injuries on the borough's roads by expressing their support for the council's proposals for many more roads to have 20mph speed limits. The evidence from 20mph schemes in many other parts of London and throughout Wales is completely clear: lower speed limits save lives and cut serious injuries. Don't miss this opportunity to have your say!
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29 July 2025
During a trial due to start next month, drivers living in the western part of the Bowes Quieter Neighbourhood will be permitted to drive into and out of the low-traffic neighbourhood through two control points that are currently open only to blue badge holders. But not everyone is happy at the prospect of more traffic.
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02 July 2025
With provisional 2024 statistics showing an increase in fatalities on London's roads, the Action Vision Zero campaign calls on the Metropolitan Police to reprioritise their speed enforcement efforts to focus more on roads with 20mph and 30mph limits, where 92% of deaths and serious injuries occurred.
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21 June 2025
Research shows that car bonnets are becoming half a metre higher every year, increasing the danger of death that they pose to pedestrians, especially children.
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04 June 2025
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'.
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28 May 2025
At last Sunday's inaugural Enfield Cycling Festival more than 200 people - aged from 5 to 65 - joined a six-mile ride exploring some of the borough's newest cycle routes and its leafiest parkland. Meanwhile, back at Enfield Town Library Green there were cycling-related activities for all the family.
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07 May 2025
On Sunday May 25th there'll be an opportunity to tour some of the borough's special places - both urban and rural - using the healthiest ways of getting around: walking and cycling. Choose between a guided walk around the Enfield Town Conservation Area with the Enfield Society or a marshalled ride along the New River and through Forty Hall and Hilly Fields parks with Better Streets for Enfield.
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23 April 2025
Following a decisive No vote from people responding to last year's consultation, Enfield Council has revised its proposals for changes to the Arnos Grove controlled parking zone. The updated scheme, due to go out for statutory consultation this spring, will drop the planned longer operating hours, but still extend the zone to take in some streets that are currently not covered. The suggested major extension to include the Minchenden Estate is no longer part of the proposals.
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16 April 2025
Enfield Council has 'paused' its project to implement a school streets and quieter neighbourhood scheme in 'Bowes East', south of the North Circular Road and east of Green Lanes.
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31 March 2025
At a joint Palmers Green and Highfield Ward Forum on 7th April residents will hear updates from and be able to raise issues with the councillors who represent the two adjacent wards.
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04 March 2025
Enfield Council has dropped its plans to create a controlled parking zone in 'Palmers Green East'. The results of a public consultation held last year indicated overwhelming opposition to the proposal, while a residents' group opposed to the CPZ and another planned for Arnos Grove had threatened legal action, claiming that that the proposals were unlawful.
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12 February 2025
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.
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11 February 2025
In the face of a significant spike in pedestrian deaths on London's roads, road danger reduction campaigners are calling on the Metropolitan Police to pay significantly more attention to reducing road danger and eliminating casualties on the capital's roads. You too can join them in responding to a consultation on crime and policing which ends this Wednesday.
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