Liberal Democrats have welcomed plans by the Road Safety Camera Partnership (RSCP) to install speed cameras along Bounds Green Road, between the A406 North Circular and Brownlow Road, in a bid to calm traffic and reduce the number of speeding-related accidents.

The road, which is an accident blackspot in the area, had been highlighted to Haringey Council as needing action. The Lib Dems requested that Haringey Council investigate the possibility of redesigning the dangerous ‘pinch point’ opposite the old Middlesex University building, where two lanes narrow down to a single lane. Many serious accidents have occurred at this point over the last few years. The most recent resulted in multiple fatalities, caused through impatient drivers overtaking on the wrong side of safety bollards to escape tailbacks caused by the ‘pinch point’.

Lib Dem councillors Lynne Featherstone and Wayne Hoban have welcomed news of the cameras, but insist that the current road layout needs to be addressed in order to make it safer.

Cllr Lynne Featherstone comments:

“It is great news that RSCP has decided to install cameras on this treacherous stretch of road. It is after years of campaigning by local residents and Lib Dems to make the road safer.”

Cllr Wayne Hoban adds:

“We will continue to press Haringey to address the physical defects in the layout of the road and make sure that safety is improved for the sake of both pedestrians and motorists.”