Eltham North councillors Spencer Drury and Dermot Poston, led a team this Saturday to talk to residents in Dairsie Road about their concerns over speeding cars as well as collecting signatures for a petition to present to Greenwich council.

The petition calls for the council to consider what traffic calming measures could be put in place on the road to make it safer, as well as full consultation with residents and Deansfield School. Residents also showed councillors Drury and Poston signs that local children had made themselves asking drivers to slow down.

Recent analysis by TomTom has shown that Court Road in Eltham South ward is the 8th most congested road in Greater London, being congested for 82 hours a week!

Eltham South councillor Cllr Matt Clare, who lives on Tarnwood Park, on Court Road has been leading on work to try and reduce congestion levels on local roads, identifying where cost effective improvemets can be made, while at the same time trying to make local roads safer.

Residents in Broad Walk, Woolacombe Road & Mayday Gardens in Kidbrooke with Hornfair ward have recently been speaking to local Conservatives about the traffic problems in the area. Local commuters complained of the jams that occur at the end of Broad Walk, where they are having difficulty in getting out on to the main road during busy periods.

Conservatives have campaigned for one way traffic in Red Lion Lane, including a petition to Greenwich Council. Greenwich Council have refused to find the cash to make this road safer, despite spending vast sums on a variety of less important projects. Your Labour Councillors (when in the country) have paid little attention to this issue until elections started to loom. Safety is paramount and we will maintain the pressure on the Council until this is resolved.

The Labour Councils plans for the pedestrianisation of Greenwich Town Centre appear to be yet another poorly thought out scheme related to the 2012 Olympic games.

Although the current layout of the centre is not the greatest, the proposed changes would make the situation considerably worse.