With a full road closure in Wembley Park scheduled for 12 noon to 7.40pm for the Springboks v Japan match at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, despite a smaller than usual anticipated crowd, a Wembley resident has contacted Wembley Matters to ask if this disruption is necessary:
It would seem we having full road closure when they anticipate only 15-20,000, what nonsense is this. With only 12,500 for a full Arena maybe they will start closing the roads for Arena events? 20,000 is well under the 50,000 and should not be considered a major event to close all the roads.
As a cosequence of the road closures bus routes will be disrupted or curtailed.
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Buses are already messed up with the road works by Affinity Water in Harrow Road starting - rolling roadworks will see temporary traffic lights and one side of road closed from Crawford Avenue to Butlers Green from now until April 2026!!!
Once again the coldest darkest time of the year for these roadworks which will affect everyone particularly commuters but hey let's not do them in the summer or it will inconvenience Wembley Stadium concert goers :(
Does it not occur to you that they have other considerations to be contending with? So narrow minded and constantly moany. If they didn’t do these works you’d be moaning then too!
I agree with anonymous @17:12 and disagree with anonymous @18:11. Not just Brent but a heap of London Labour councils do appear to have an anti car agenda, and it always remains unclear why roadworks are not managed better jn this borough (and others), as research shows it costs the economy a lot of money.
And also, anonymous @18:11 regarding not doing the works, I’d also disagree with you. The works being carried out by affinity water are because of the extensive development that’s has and will occur in the Wembley Park area, the water main would fail to provide adequate water supply in the future if it was not replaced. It was this labour administration that has granted planning permission to dozens of tower blocks which all of course which have all have now contributed to Affinity water declaring that they would fail to meet future water needs due to this extensive development. Some residents appear to have already seen a drop in water pressure.
To summarise, no these works weren’t bound to happen, but they are happening due to the lack of town planning and over building in the Wembley area.
Guess who pays the price for these works? Local people. Not the developers. It’s time we get councillors who put the local residents and local issues first!
Incorrect @07:25 - these works were bound to happen given Wembley Park was designated a growth zone. Also, since when do we pay for utilities to improve their infrastructure? If everything stayed the same forever how would anything progress.
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