South Fulham is a special place with a wonderful village feel.
It is a destination, but since the scheme began there has been a
frightening drop in customers which is threatening the existence of
local shops, restaurants and services.
Since the Clean Air Neighbourhoods were introduced the businesses
have seen on average a 25% drop in trading leaving many of them no
choice but to close or relocate if the camera scheme continues
This ePetition ran from 29/06/2023 to 31/10/2023 and has now finished.
595 people signed this ePetition.
Of the signatures submitted, 503 were determined to be valid under the Council's petition scheme.
On 1 December 2022, the Council launched a Clean Air Neighbourhood trial in the streets to the west of Wandsworth Bridge Road.
The Clean Air Neighbourhood trial was designed by residents supported by engineers from Hammersmith & Fulham Council. Its aim is to promote healthy living by protecting children and families from toxic air which can lead to dementia, cancers, heart disease, asthma, lung problems and early death.
The Clean Air Neighbourhood trial reduces pollution and improves air quality by discouraging out-of-borough motorists, who are not stopping to shop or visit friends and family, from using residential streets as cut-throughs. The ambition is to make South Fulham an even nicer place to live, work and shop.
So far, the trial to the west of Wandsworth Bridge Road has seen a reduction of over 7,000 vehicles a day using the side streets, resulting in an estimated 0.65 tonnes less of deadly nitrogen oxide (NOx) polluting the streets and 0.9 tonnes less of climate-damaging carbon emissions every day.
A previous trial to the streets to the east of Wandsworth Bridge Road saw a reduction of over 8,000 vehicles a day, resulting in an estimated 0.7 tonnes less of NOx and one tonne less of carbon emissions every day. That project was made permanent in December 2021.
The formal consultation period for the current trial, which is
being conducted as an Experimental Traffic Management Order, runs
for up to 18 months. As this petition was started and concluded
during consultation process and as such it will be included as part
information the cabinet will use to decide the future of the scheme
when the trial concludes.