Ruskin Road junction with Park Lane

The traffic is shown on a typical morning in early April queuing up in Ruskin Road at the busy junction with Park Lane.  Over the years Hamish and other previous Lib Dem councillors for the Carshalton Central ward have fought for various safety improvements in Ruskin Road and surrounding area: these included the island refuges down Ruskin Road itself at various strategic points (in the early 1990s), and indeed a pedestrian crossing by the Methodist Church a few years ago.

Jill, Alan and Hamish previously took up local concerns regarding the difficulty in crossing the road at this very busy junction being close to All Saints’ School, Rotherfield Road, Carshalton which is shortly to be expanded considerably as previously advised on the web site and on our FOCUS leaflets. 

We have been informed by Council officers that funds will shortly be made available for a feasibility study at the above junction. The study will commence in April 2012 and will consider the proposal of introducing a pedestrian phase. Should the scheme be progressed to implementation, the proposals could be introduced during the early part of the 2013/14 financial year. 

We will keep you posted!