Why would you?
Just perusing the Chronicle whilst still bleary-eyed this morning for some reaason I looked at the Public Notices when I spied something about Mogden Lane. It seems for some obscure reason known only to the people who inhabit planet Traffic there are to be 4 - yes, 4 more speed humps installed in Mogden Lane at the junctions with Beaumont Close, Trevor Close, Briar Close and Manns Close (this one complete with apostrophe?!!) The longest of these humps is to be 9.5 metres. This part of Mogden Lane is often backed up with traffic caused by the daft arragement at the junction with Twickenham Rd. because traffic that wants to turn left on the filter light cannot do so because of the traffic waiting to turn right being down to one lane only. There is an ambulance station nearby also of course Twickenham Stadium, plus this is a bus route too. So why do there need to be traffic calming measures? If Hounslow has money to burn can't they do something about the increasingly poor state of the road surface in Whitton Dene, or even the cycle track which is pretty poor, or even somewhere for the delivery lorries for Tesco to park up as they often cause a problem. Or what we could do with is for the road layout at the junction with Twickenham Road to be looked at to avoid the back ups. Objections to these proposed Traffic Orders can be sent to the Director of Environment Michael Jordan, Ref: TMO/P002/12 by March 16th. The existing speed humps in Whitton Dene must be the biggest waste of money ever, as they do nothing and most people drive around them, but is there anything to enable pedestrians to cross to Tesco? - no, of course not. If anyone can explain to me why this is necessary I'd love to hear as I use Mogden Lane frequently and I just cannot see any rhyme or reason for this ridiculous colossal waste of money.
Vanessa Smith ● 4912d15 Comments