Tooting: Residents back plan to shut off road to prevent shortcut near St George's Hospital

A road near St George's Hospital is set to be cut off to motorists to prevent drivers from using it as a shortcut.

Following a formal consultation, people living in Maybury Street, Carlwell Street and Aldis Street backed measures to close their streets to traffic at the junction of Blackshaw Road and Maybury Street.

The streets previously mentioned are regularly used by motorists as a shortcut between Blackshaw Road and Tooting High Street. Resultingly, residents wanted steps taken to prevent the amount of vehicle movement.

The changes are hoping to prevent noise and make the neighbourhood safer for families.

New signage is now expected and the entrance will narrow the carriageway at this junction to deter motor vehicles.

The council say that enforcement of the change is likely to be carried out by a mobile camera unit.

The changes will not affect emergency vehicles attending the hospital nor cyclists who are still able to travel through this junction in both directions.

John Locker, the council's spokesman for transport, said: "These three streets are regularly used by motorists looking to avoid tailbacks on both approaches to the junction with the high street.

"This change should prevent this from happening in future and make this neighbourhood quieter and safer for residents and their families."

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