Elmstead Lane,
Chislehurst (inc. junction with Sundridge Ave)
This
road is the main route from areas such as New Eltham or the northern part of
Chislehurst to Bromley, or vice versa. It also provides an access road from the
dense residential areas of the Mottingham Estate and the Walden Road area to
other parts of Bromley, and is also a primary access route to Elmstead Woods
train station. It does provide a continuation of the route along William
Barefoot Drive which runs through a council housing estate and already has speed
tables installed on it.
The
road is bordered by a mixture of housing, woods and open space and is relatively
narrow and twisty with poor sight lines. There will be a high volume of
pedestrians crossing the road to access the train station. Parking is restricted
on some of it near the train station, but only for limited time periods,
although the narrowness of the road seems to discourage much on-street parking.
The Elmstead Lane/Sundridge Ave junction (a mini-roundabout) has a large volume
of traffic going through it and is known to be accident prone. Note that there
were some road safety measures previously installed in Elmstead Lane in 1998.
The hump scheme in
Elmstead Lane
consists of 23 sets of speed cushions, plus gateway treatments at each end. The
Sundridge Ave junction would be treated by putting a large speed table under the
mini-roundabout.
The total cost is £91,000 (£57,000 for Elmstead Lane
and £34,000 for the Sundridge Ave junction).
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