Traffic enforcement in Nunhead

Monitoring traffic speeds on Ivydale Road, Nunhead
Originally uploaded by Fiona Colley.

I've had quite a few complaints about speeding traffic in Nunhead, especially on Ivydale Road.

I've been taking these up with the council officers and the new Road Safety Officer included Ivydale Road in an enforcement and education exercise and invited me to come along.

We took up station near Ivydale Primary School and started measuring speeds. In wasn't a very busy time of day, but a lot of cars were doing 25 - 30mph - in a 20mph zone!

Of course the police can't be there all the time and unfortunately it's pretty much impossible to get a speed camera unless there have been lots of accidents. So what we need to do is see if we can get some more effective traffic calming measures - certainly we need more signage of the 20mph zone and perhaps a speed activated sign.