We have written an open letter to Matt Clubb, Director of Environment – who is responsible for Southwark’s Highways department – pointing out serious errors that have been made in the Dulwich Streetscape Traffic Analysis Report. You can read the letter here. This follows confirmation by Cllr Andy Simmons that the claim of a 61% reduction in traffic along a key Dulwich road should have been reported as a significant increase.
Our letter asks why it has taken the Council four months to acknowledge this error, even though they were alerted to it in July 2021. It also raises concerns about the accuracy of all the data in this report, as well as asking for missing data which, if included, might well show the Dulwich LTNs have caused an overall increase in traffic, not decrease.
The letter calls on Mr Clubb to suspend the traffic orders implementation process, launch an internal investigation and correct and republish the traffic analysis report. This should include a full set of raw data so that the public can have, to quote Southwark Council leader Cllr Kieron Williams, “trust and faith in the numbers”.