Wrythe Green Area – Proposed Speed Reducing Features and Improved Pedestrian Facilities

Overview

Sutton Council is committed to making roads safer in the borough and giving people more choice in how they travel. We want to improve safety on the roads to reduce the number and severity of accidents and to make it easier for people to walk or cycle.

We are proposing to introduce traffic calming and pedestrian measures in the Wrythe Green area. The proposed measures are in response to requests raised by local residents, parents of children attending schools in the area and ward councillors, and involve slower traffic speeds and safer crossing points.

The proposals

Proposed plan

•  At the Brookfield Avenue junction with Wrythe Lane - create a new  raised platform (also called an entry treatment) which makes it easier for pedestrians to use the crossing point, and will also slow drivers down who are entering Brookfield Avenue

• At the existing pedestrian traffic light crossing on Wrythe Lane, outside Waterloo Cottages - it is proposed to widen the footway to give more space for people and so improve the crossing point

• Where Wrythe Green Road meets with Wrythe Lane - it is proposed to widen the footway to make it easier to use the crossing point

• At the Green Wrythe Lane junction with Wrythe Green Road (near the petrol station) - provide a new raised platform (also called an entry treatment) to improve the pedestrian crossing point, which will also slow drivers down when entering Green Wrythe Lane, so they take more care on this section of road.

• West Street, on the one way section running between the greens - it is proposed to introduce three new raised platforms (speed tables) to improve the pedestrian crossing points between the paths on the green and to slow drivers down

Frequently asked questions about these types of measures can be found here:

FAQs

Related schemes

All proposed 20mph schemes are local ones which have been designed following feedback from local residents.

We would like to bring to your attention that there is also a proposed 20mph speed limit scheme in the Erskine Road Area. There is a live engagement process currently underway on this proposed scheme, which you can view on the following link on Citizenspace:

https://sutton.citizenspace.com/highways-environment-and-planning/erskine-road-area

There is also a proposed 20mph speed limit scheme in the North Street Area. There is a live engagement process currently underway on this proposed scheme, which you can view on the following link on Citizenspace:

https://sutton.citizenspace.com/highways-environment-and-planning/north-street-area

Why your views matter

As this scheme may affect you, please take a few minutes to tell us if you think it will make your local roads safer and improve the environment, and if you can think of anything that could improve it.

We would like your feedback, and please note that the engagement is open until midnight on 3 March 2024.

While it will not be possible to reply to you individually, all comments will be taken into account. At the end of this consultation period, council officers will consider all responses received and a summary of the responses will be presented to the local ward councillors. Residents in the consultation area will be notified of the outcome of the consultation in due course. 

For more information on how Sutton processes your personal information please visit our Privacy Notice (opens in a new window). Any comments you make may be made public on the Council's website however we will remove any personally identifiable information.