Michael, the link doesn't work in terms of showing comments, but there were several opposed to hard surfacing the grass on the Promenade to put in parking bays. One had around 50 people agreeing another 10 another 12. In terms of Dukes Meadows, being against that proposal was the most supported view. I agree the council certainly should release the results of the surveying re traffic under the tunnel, so people living in Staveley Gardens, members of the Riverside Club and using Riverside Drive and the Promenade are aware of what the impact on them of the closure is likely to be.An experimental order is not a trial to assess the impact pf a permanent closure. It seems to be suggested that this is both?Nothing will be learned at the moment, as the Riverside Club is closed and likely to re open only slowly. Proposals and initiatives for managing traffic. The Trust paid for the first feasibility study to join the Thames Path at Barnes Bridge,that identified the footbridge as the most likely solution, we have lobbied for it since. It will make it more feasible for people to travel to the sports clubs up stream by public transport.I am staggered by the current cost estimate and wonder if it could not have been designed more modestly and built at less cost. The Trust has lobbied for parking to be managed, kept away from the sensitive riverside and for charges to be introduced. We lobbied for the parking bays that were created along Riverside Drive and planted the hedge behind them to screen them from the park, before the bays were installed. We asked that when charging, there would be a good number of short stay spaces to accommodate people visiting the park. This isn't being done, so on days of big events, the area will be parked out most of the day. We asked that there was charging and enforcement midweek, with a two or three hour gap for allotment holders to tend their plots. There will be no charging or enforcement midweek, so the area will continue to be used for commuter parking, coaches resting up having dropped passengers elsewhere and trade vehicles resting up.We asked that the clubs worked with other local organisations and each other to share parking for events. I believe some are now doing this, using parking in Chiswick School.We lobbied for clubs to advise when they were having large events, to avoid clashes and the giving of advanced notice. We asked that the large rowing events were pre notified and risk assessments and traffic plans provided. That has started, but no calendar was produced for 2020 by the start of the year. Years ago we lobbied to have the junction at Staveley / Alexandra Gardens made safer. We suggested narrowing the road at the entrance t create a give way point. Instead the roundabout was removed and a "raised table" installed. The table is just profiled tarmac, with no edge. 4 X 4's hardly notice it, no one has to give way at the roundabout any longer,so the junction is less safe. A narrow path was created, but a lamp post not relocated, so it blocks the path. The Trust installed the only bike racks in the public area of the park, when it built the play areas.The Trust worked with Thames21 years ago to secure funding to upgrade and resurface the Thames Path from Chiswick Bridge to Barnes Bridge. It also around that time led on the project to eradicate Japanese Knotweed along that stretch.The Trust commissioned a design to restore the Promenade gates and Promenade Approach to create a wide, safe pedestrian and cycle route into the park and on to the Thames Path. It would also provide a link from the Thames Path to Chiswick House. It includes sets of bike racks. The Trust has raised £25,000 towards the project i grants and plans to commit £10,000 of its own reserves, fundraising continues.May I ask what you have done to improve the safety of people using all of Dukes Meadows. Also why you feel it is justified to prioritise the safety of people using Dan Mason Drive over people using Riverside Drive, The Promenade and people living in Staveley Gardens?
Kathleen Healy ● 2351d