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CROSSING
SUTTON COURT ROAD
Local
Resident Peter Gardiner argues for a crossing
at a dangerous junction on Sutton Court Road
by Lawford Road and Grove Park Bridge.
I
have been collecting signatures for a petition
to Hounslow Borough Council to provide a safe
crossing for pedestrians and cyclists on Sutton
Court Road in the region of Lawford Road and
Grove Park Bridge. As you are probably aware
this is a potentially dangerous junction.
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drivers descend Grove Park Bridge
looking over their shoulders down
Sutton Court Road while driving in
the opposite direction. This junction
is used by many pedestrians: - adults
and children walking to and from
local schools and by children cycling
to Chiswick Community School. Local
residents on Sutton Court Rd and
especially the elderly residents
of St Thomas’s Road and Montgomery
Court flats and others also need
to cross Sutton Court Road to use
the E3 bus service. |
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There
is also a playground by the bridge which attracts
children from both sides of Sutton Court Road.
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I
have approached the council
to ask them to act on this,
but they say there are higher
priorities in the borough. It
seems that they will not act
until after an accident has
happened--but it would obviously
be so much better to prevent
one happening in the first place.
On
my first night of campaigning
there was an accident between
two cars at this junction, one
of many that occur regularly
according to residents of Montgomery
Court. Clearly motorists would
benefit as well!
In
five days (about 1.5 hrs a day)
I have gathered over 300 signatures.
The response has been very strong:
of the 10 or so refusals, these
were by people who refuse to
sign petitions, or didn’t understand
what I was saying to them.
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Many
thanks for your support
Peter
Gardiner and family at 114 Park Road 020
8995 0573
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