A dangerous junction that joins Onslow Gardens with Muswell Hill Road looks like it is finally going to be improved months after Haringey Council agreed to extend the yellow lines.

The issue was raised by Liberal Democrat councillors on behalf of local residents back in the summer of 2003 after the Council had heeded Lib Dem advice and implemented yellow lines at the junction.

Although visibility has improved as a result of the lines being painted on Muswell Hill Road by the junction, the yellow lines do not extend far enough to stop vehicles parking very close to the junction on Onslow Road. The result is that there is often not enough room for cars to turn safely into the road if they meet a car coming the other way.

Cllr Lynne Featherstone has been assured on a number of occasions that the lines would be extended but each time the Council has claimed that cars have been obstructing the part of the road they’ve wanted to paint. However, this week the Council assured Ms Featherstone that they would have a tow truck present to move any vehicles obstructing the part of the road that required painting.

Cllr Featherstone (Muswell Hill) is hopeful that this promise will be kept, however she is concerned at the time it has taken to implement action agreed last summer.

Cllr Lynne Featherstone comments:

“I am pleased that this serious road safety issue is finally being addressed. Drivers need clear views at this corner.”