A new one-way system is being proposed by Haringey Council in a bid to deter
rat-running through residential streets in Wood Green.

Residents are being statutorily consulted on the plans for roads between
Wolves Lane and Wood Green High Road, which also include a range of traffic
calming measures.

Under the scheme Lyndhurst Road, Arcadian Gardens and Woodside Road would
only be accessible from Wood Green High Road, while motorists could only
access Maryland Road and Sylvan Avenue from Wolves Lane.

An earlier informal consultation showed that residents in the roads
marginally preferred a one way system of alternate roads to a more complex
"maze" of one way routes.

The Council is also proposing introducing new "junction tables" and road
humps in a bid to slow traffic in the area.

Executive Member for Environment and Conservation, Cllr Brian Haley, said:

"Unfortunately, these roads are becoming increasingly popular with
rat-runners between Wood Green and the North Circular Road.

"We believe the proposed one-way system will make it much more difficult
to use the roads as a cut-through and will help improve the environment for
residents in the area."

http://www.haringey.gov.uk/one-way_p...at-runners.htm





Since the major difficulty in using these roads as a rat-run is the
traffic coming in the other direction, I would have thought making them
one-way will actually improve them for rat-running.