A steep and treacherous pathway leading from Wood Lane to Highgate Tube Station, N6 will be properly looked after and regularly swept following a written assurance by Haringey Council. The assurance comes after a written question was submitted to a Haringey full council meeting by Cllr Melanie Simpson.

The pathway that in autumn and winter months is often lined with wet leaves and ice has been the subject of much concern by Lib Dem councillors in Highgate who have been working for over a year to ascertain who was responsible for its maintenance.

Cllr Simpson (Highgate) is pleased that finally she has an acknowledgement of responsibility and written assurance that the Council will sweep and grit it regularly. However she is disappointed at the length of time it has taken for the Council to act.

Cllr Simpson comments:

“I am pleased that the hundreds of residents who use the pathway every day will be safer now that the Council have promised to clear and grit it on a regular basis. It has taken the best part of a year to get this assurance from the Council, and the path was dangerous.”