There is increased frustration amongst local residents in Wembley Park over the fact that the combined forces of Brent Council, Transport for London and the Metropolitan Police to tackle the traffic danger in what is known as the Forty Lane, Bridge Road, Forty Avenue corridor.
This is a letter written by local resident earlier this month which has so far received no response.
This is a letter written by local resident earlier this month which has so far received no response.
Safer Schools
Partnership
Wembley Police
Station
603 Harrow Road
Wembley
HA0 2HH
1 October 2015
Good morning –
I’m a Brent resident who uses the roads around Wembley
Park Station on a daily basis in my commute to my office. I’ve been increasingly concerned about the
traffic over the last 10 months, my first email to Brent Council on 6 February
2015, my latest in the last week. I see
traffic violations on a daily basis and there are large numbers of Students in
the area, travelling to Preston Manor, Ark Academy and the new Lycee Winston
Churchill crossing busy roads. Brent
Council inform me there will be a Transport Study in progress envisaged to
commence from Summer 2016, but I am extremely concerned that there will be a serious
accident if not fatality in the area before then involving pedestrians. I’m attaching a copy of the emails between
myself and members of Brent Council, notably Sandor Fazekas from which I hope
you will note my comments regarding the problems I see on a daily basis. This has also been taken up by Martin Francis
on his blog Wembley Matters, a copy of the relevant page is also attached to
this letter.
Just yesterday I was on an 83 bus travelling from my home
to Wembley Park Station and with the weight of traffic the bus I was on blocked
the pedestrian green man crossing at Asda, with children trying to find their
way around vehicles to get to the traffic island. On Tuesday, again on the bus, I witnessed
four cars in a row drive down Kings Drive (with the main entrance to the Lycee)
and continue straight across (5 lanes of
traffic) into Asda’s and do a U-turn onto Forty Lane against the left turn
only signs. This is a shortcut to avoid
The Paddocks queue, drivers looking for quick short cuts and it happens on a daily
basis.
I really would appreciate any assistance you can provide
in this matter -
Yours faithfully
Ann Fitzgerald
Cc Inspector Peter Weaver, Barnhill Safer Neighbourhood
Team
