Barnet Council is consulting on proposed measures to reduce through traffic on two residential roads in Burnt Oak and Colindale. Mr Mustard isn't offering any opinion on the desirability of the scheme, merely informing you that you can make your views known until 31 January on this link.
Barnet Council: Burnt Oak and Colindale Consultion Document Final 2021 by MisterMustard on Scribd
The map isn't very good so hopefully this one will let you more readily identify the affected roads, Booth Road and The Greenway. The Greenway is to the west of Silkstream Park.
Mr Mustard isn't a fan of some 'no motor vehicles' restrictions which are enforced by computerised camera as they make life too difficult for people with legitimate business in the area, such as food and parcel delivery drivers, social workers, taxi drivers, volunteer drivers who take people to hospital appointments and family who want to visit granny etc.
The system that Barnet Council plan to use, which is already in use in other boroughs, such as at Strand on the Green in Chiswick, lets you enter the road and stay to carry out your business, it also doesn't hinder the emergency services as the road won't be narrowed (although the absence of planters doesn't give you a clue that there are new signs you may have missed) and provided you are there for longer than the time which is chosen to reflect the journey time if you don't stop, then you can still access the area without risking a PCN.
In Chiswick, that time may be 4 minutes but each location will be fact dependent.
The Traffic Management Order doesn't actually set a minimum time that you can safely enter the restricted area for, so Hounslow Council are using their judgment that if you are longer than 4 minutes (or whatever time they have set the cameras to) you definitely needed access, you weren't just passing through very slowly. Do look out for the 'flying motorbike' signs everywhere and don't pass them without being sure you are exempt.
That's Mr Mustard's green bicycle which is being replaced with a new one and will be sold on ebay with all the proceeds going to the North London Hospice.
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The 'consultion' spelling error in the document name is not Mr Mustard's but doesn't matter, it merely identifies a document.
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