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Covid 19 emergency response measures: Permeable filter at Dulwich Village junction

The Dulwich and Herne Hill Safe Routes to School group supports the creation of a permeable filter at Dulwich Village junction as part of Southwark Council’s Covid 19 emergency response measures. This action is supported by all of our schools.  Background: The Our Healthy Streets Dulwich engagement ran for 12 months and comprised of three phases. It was one of the largest and most extensive consultations ever in Southwark. The OHS engagement demonstrated widespread support for a holistic and radical approach to traffic reduction in our area. The idea of a permeable filter at the junction arose from the consensus that traffic should be reduced (phase 1), the support for radical solutions (phase 2) and specific support for a permeable filter (phase 3). The number of parents driving children to school over the last five years has decreased overall. The amount of traffic in our area has increased. There is no solution to the saturation of the Dulwich Village junct...