The Green Man comes to Courthill Road

The campaign for a proper pedestrian crossing at the junction of Courthill Road and Lewisham High Street has won approval, subject to local consultation, from TfL for a 'green man' crossing to improve safety at what is currently a hideous junction:

Max Calo reports the Mayor of London's written answer to a question about the status of the road:

TfL is developing a design proposal for Lewisham High Street at its junction with Courthill Road. Part of this proposal is to introduce a “green man” pedestrian crossing facility on Courthill Road. I went out on site with TfL’s Chief Operating Officer London Streets and Heidi Alexander before she became an MP. The traffic modelling is completed and the preliminary design will undergo a road safety audit which is planned to be completed in January 2011. Consultation on the scheme is planned for early in the New Year.

As the proposals include banning some movements at the Courthill Road junction, with displaced traffic being diverted onto other local roads, feedback from the consultation process will potentially affect not only the final outcome but also the timescales for delivery. If a viable scheme can be developed, TfL has provisionally programmed detailed design to commence in the summer of 2011 with works commencing early 2012.