Fury over TfL plans to spend £650,000 moving pedestrian crossing just 50 yards down road after 21 collisions in three years
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Residents living on a busy south London high street have blasted plans to move a pedestrian crossing 50 yards at an apparent cost of more than £650,000. Transport for London, which is chaired by Mayor Sadiq Khan, is plotting to make the changes on Streatham High Road - which forms part of the A23 - over safety concerns.
![[Councillor Donna Harris (pictured at the junction where the crossing is planned), leader of the Lib Dems on Lambeth Council, described TfL's consultation as a 'sham']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/08/93223943-14200619-image-a-4_1734425196063.jpg)
They say that the crossing must be moved from near Woodbourne Avenue to just off Gracefield Gardens junction after there were 21 collisions there in three years. But furious critics have hit out at the cost of the plan and warned that the closure of the side street will push traffic onto neighbouring roads and block access to a health centre.
![[CURRENT: This is the pedestrian crossing off Woodbourne Avenue on Streatham High Street that TfL want to move]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/08/93223591-14200619-image-a-2_1734424370059.jpg)
It comes after a controversial low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme in the same area was scrapped after being blamed for causing huge traffic on the A23. TfL plans to close Gracefield Gardens at the junction with Streatham High Road and create a 'staggered' pedestrian crossing across the main road.
![[PLANNED: The proposal would see the crossing moved here, just off Gracefield Gardens, on Streatham High Road. It's around 50 yards down the road]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/08/93223593-14200619-image-a-3_1734424373034.jpg)
They hope it will make it safer for pedestrians to access the northbound bus stops on Streatham HIgh Road. But opponents are furious at the amount of money that could be spent on moving the crossing about 50 yards further south, The Standard reports. Transport for London, which is chaired by Mayor Sadiq Khan (pictured), is plotting to make the changes on Streatham High Road - which forms part of the A23 - over safety concerns.
