A six-hour public meeting discussing low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) plans in West Dulwich turned chaotic, leaving council workers in tears and requiring a 'wellbeing' day off. The meeting, described as a 'fiasco' by opponents, saw heated exchanges and accusations of 'bordering on abuse' directed at council staff. The West Dulwich Action Group is challenging the legality of the LTN trial, claiming the council failed to consult residents properly and ignored significant opposition.
Council workers embroiled in bitter LTN row offered wellbeing day off after “relentless hostility and anger” from residents opposing decision to “bulldoze through” plans for low traffic neighbourhood
The trial has attracted some vocal opposition from residents, however, who claim the traffic-calming measures have led to more congestion along the LTN’s boundaries, forcing them onto the South Circular Road to reach their homes.On Wednesday, the Royal Court of Justice heard West Dulwich Action Group’s application for a judicial review of the Labour-run council’s decision, after 680 residents raised over £50,000 to support the campaigners’ challenge.
“The claimant’s own evidence is that ‘there was considerable hostility and anger shown by residents and the council’s plans’, that the criticism from ‘angry’ residents was so ‘relentless’ that some of the councillors ‘were in tears’ and that the council team took a lunch break ‘to get away’,” Heather Sargent told the court.
Nevertheless, he noted that the “shambolic” manner in which the event was organised meant that people arriving at lunchtime were unable to participate, because staff took a lunch break at the same time to escape the overwhelming hostility.Arguing more generally against the council’s implementation of the LTN scheme, Streeten continued: “The consultation itself was not carried out fairly. The product of the consultation was not conscientiously taken into account as it should have been.
She argued that proving that a consultation was so unfair to be unlawful faces a “substantial hurdle” – essentially proving that something went “clearly and radically wrong” – but that the claimant came “nowhere near” to surmounting that hurdle. > “What kind of society do we live in that people would criticise children cycling?” Anti-LTN campaigners brand clip of community bike ride “most insensitive video ever” – as cyclists say motorists’ response is “embarrassing”
Following the hearing, a spokesperson for the West Dulwich Action Group said: “We are keen to stress that this is a complete waste of local taxpayers’ money, as Lambeth could have decided to enter in to discussions with the WDAG and broker a way forward – we simply wanted a true consultation where Lambeth would respond to our real concerns.
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