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City Residents’ Noise Survey

Aug 19th, 2009
by Tim Macer.
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City of London is interested in our views on noise, and on initiatives to try to create or reinforce quieter areas in the City. They are running a consultation into this, and there is a survey you can take on their website.  This all sounds like good news from our perspective, as noise is always a live issue for Willoughby House Group and is probably the biggest source of resident complaint and concern.

We don’t now much about the thinking behind this survey or what may come from it, but it is very likely to be used to formulate policies. If there is a strong sentiment from residents that noise is an issue, it could result in some improvements, or a change in attitude with respect to licence applications, planning applications requests for streetworks at antisocial hours, as well as the response of Environmental Services and the Police to noise complaints.

You can take the survey by following this link. Please take the survey and make your views known.

Moor Lane crossing

Mar 12th, 2009
by Tim Macer.
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We continue to be concerned for pedestrian safety around the non-operational Milton Court site and the point where it meets the Ropemaker Place site.

The street lighting attached to Milton Court was lost when the building was demolished and has not been replaced. Numerous times, the safety lighting has also failed. Lighting at the points where pedestrians cross the road is not up to standard.

One of the pavements has been removed, and at the North corner, there is no safe landing for pedestrians at all, who have to walk some for some distance, unprotected, in the roadway at a traffic junction where vehicle movements are unpredictable. Furthermore, delivery vehicles to the Ropemaker site and also to Citypoint reduce sight lines and make safe crossing difficult, as well as putting vehicles into conflict with one another.

We have raised our concerns with the City on numerous occasions, and have been told each time that improvements are being made. We have not seen any improvement yet. We will continue to press for improvements here.

We recommend you take great care crossing the road here, and cross using the pedestrian refuges (islands) in Moor Lane.