Campaigns

A406/Transport

The transport agenda in this country has become heavily biased towards road use, with attendant neglect of rail and bus. Aside from adding to congestion and further disadvantaging the poor, this has serious consequences for global warming, the most serious threat currently faced by mankind. Greens stand for rebalancing the transport equation to favour public transport.

The hot transport issue in Enfield is the North Circular Road scheme which has finally been given the go-ahead after 45 years of wrangling. Enfield Green Party views the scheme with mixed feelings. Less road-biased than the previous attempt, and with some good safety features, the plans nevertheless leave many local concerns unaddressed, particularly the rat-running which is endemic in the area immediately south of the A406.

Enfield Green Party member Laura Davenport has been the lead figure in the Bowes Telford Community Action Group which has taken the trouble to ask local residents what they want - something Transport for London and the council have signally failed to do - and fought tooth and nail to get it. They didn't succeed to the extent they would have liked, but the Ritz Parade shops were saved from the bulldozers.