Parking spaces on Cholmeley Park are already limited and may be reduced to accommodate new bus stops (more street furniture?). Traffic already often has difficulty in passing on Cholmeley Park necessitating, at times, difficult reversing on the hilly and bendy sections. A bus route would put the girls at even greater risk from traffic. Similarly the entrance from Highgate High Street is narrow and congested, especially when parents are dropping-off and picking-up pupils from Channing School. This is especially a problem if a motor cycle is zooming up the bus lane. Vehicles turning right into Cholmeley Park from the Archway Road cause inconvenience and danger if a large vehicle stops to allow a car to turn in to Cholmely Park as visibility of approaching traffic in the bus lane is obscured. The entrance to Cholmeley Park from the Archway Road is narrow, with speed humps, and is unsuitable for regular heavy vehicles. The roundabout at the junction with Causton Road and Cholmeley Cresent adds to the difficulties. In places due to he hilly nature of the street and bends in the road visibility is restricted. Overall the street is quite narrow with parking both sides. It would be lovely to bus to Crouch End if necessary – I usually walk but the bus back would make shopping there much easier.Ĭholmeley Park is totally unsuited as a bus route. Any new bus route would need to address the issue of dovetailing with the Channing school run so as not to inconvenience residents even more.Īll of this said, I am in favour of increased public transport. A bus would only add to this, making it even harder for residents to enter and leave their street. The parking is often very selfish, blocking Cholmely park. The biggest issue is the traffic congestion in the morning and afternoon at the Highgate Hill end, caused by Channing parents dropping and collecting. I am assuming that this would be a ‘hail’ bus. I would also like reassurance that we would not lose parking bays. I am not keen on bus stops on the street – our street is cluttered enough with parking restriction and speed limit signs. As a resident of Cholmely park, I would not have a problem with a small bus on the road. Obviously any new bus route is a good thing.
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