Highways and Traffic

Pembridge Square Last year the Council carried out a junction improvement scheme at the junction of Pembridge Square and Pembridge Villas involving the removal of the pedestrian island and the narrowing of the road. The build out of the pavement on the North of the junction is designed to slow down southbound traffic entering Pembridge Square from Pembridge Villas. The Ward Councillors vigorously and successfully opposed the imposition of one of the now standard side road junction "entry treatments" as being inappropriate to the street scene in a conservation area.
Chepstow Place The Council has recently constructed a mini-roundabout at the junction of Chepstow Place and Dawson Place with the object of slowing down the dangerously high speed of some of the traffic along Chepstow Place. The effect of the introduction of this roundabout is being monitored and a report will be made to a future meeting of the Hightways and Traffic Committee in due course.
Chepstow Villas There have been many traffic accidents over may years at the junctions of Chepstow Villas with both Pembridge Crescent and Chepstow Crescent. The Council has carried out traffic counts along Chepstow Villas and it is expected that mini-roundabouts will be constructed at both these junctions in an attempt to slow down the traffic taking a shortcut from Pembridge Villas to Kensington Park Road.
Consultation The Council is currently consulting residents in the area about possible pavement widening in Notting Hill Gate adjacent to the North Underground Exit between Pembridge Road and Pembridge Gardens. The objective of this is to provide a wider pavement for the benefit of pedestrians and a small lay-by for traffic delivering goods to the adjacent shop premises. It is also proposed to plant a tree, to provide additional bicycle stands, and to move the flowerstall slightly southwards so that it no longer obstructs the exit from the Underground. This work is currently (24/09/2000) being held up while the Environmental Services Committee considers the detail design of the streetscene in the Borough (See News Page)
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