Call for action continues….
For years, the community in Enfield Borough has been calling for action to tackle the dangerous A10 speeding, illegally modified cars and unlicensed car meets.
Including the average speed camera petition to tackle A10 speeding along the Great Cambridge Road roundabout to Southbury junction – that was presented to the Mayor of London last year and signed by over 2,000 residents. Last October we secured significant media coverage of the issue – including on the BBC, radio and printed press.
This time last year I also launched the Charter for Action – with steps Enfield Council and Mayor of London needed take to tackle A10 speeding, illegally modified cars and unlicensed car meets.
So, of the key calls on the Mayor of London was to deliver average speed cameras along the Great Cambridge Road roundabout to Southbury junction, deliver noise cameras along the Enfield Borough A10 stretch and implement ‘Operation Vision Zero’ to deploy enhanced Road Traffic Police resource to the Borough. None have been delivered.
The five calls for action on Enfield Council – only slight progress has been made – with the Council now reversing its position to support a Borough wide PSPO. However, the key ask of securing an Injunction against the car meets drags on. The Council was meant to submit to the Courts in January. I have been following this up and most recently the Council was meant to submit in September – but is now citing ‘resourcing’ issues.
Police enforcement since April;
3 arrests, 8 car seized, 128 S59 notices, 23 Traffic Offence Reports (TORs), 50 Community Protection Warnings.
Car-parks:
Since the concrete blocks were placed at the former B&Q site – many car meets moved onto Tesco’s at Glover Way. Tesco’s put in place security measures – and we are now seeing car meets at Morrisons car-park. Morrisons are also taking steps to secure their car-park. One car meet occurred when the lock barriers were broken through. There is also an ongoing issue with car meets in the business parks.
I appreciate how frustrated the community is with Enfield Council and the Mayor of London for the lack of action. If they implemented the Charter for Action that I launched a year ago – with its eight key actions – they could overnight start to resolve this issue once and for all. I simply do not understand why they are failing to.
