Pavements

GOOD NEWS!
Des Waters is to make sure that the unobstructed area of all our pavements will be at least 1.2 metrea wide (londonSE1 5 July 2012).
Please make sure you check Shad Thames, Des!
Thanks in advance.

He can go tell that to the dicks that stand outside the Kings Arms on Newcomen Street.

The A boards on Leathermarket Street are a joke for access outside The Leather Exchange and The Leathermarket cafe....there isn't even 1.2m width of pavement without the boards

Outside the Market Porter, Stoney Street

What qualifies as 'unobstructed' then? People being outside somewhere seem to be considered by some of the above as an 'obstruction'....what about people waiting for the bus?

They don't have to block the whole pavement when they wait for a bus. I've seen people nearly hit by cars going into the road because the brain-dead outside The Kings Arms leave no pavement clear.

Just measuring the width of the handlebars on my Brompton.

Can I suggest you write to Cllr Barrie Hargrove. I did last night, and got a reply this morning. He had already heard of the problem area I reported, but wasn't aware of the extent to which the businesses take up space on the public highway.

The council has already issued notices to all the businesses on Stoney Street ordering them to clear the pavements for the Olympics.

beetroot wrote:

They don't have to block the whole pavement when they wait for a bus. I've seen people nearly hit by cars going into the road because the brain-dead outside The Kings Arms leave no pavement clear.

Some do though. I'd say I walk past crowds at bus-stops more often than I do crowds outside pubs at the moment (maybe to do with the weather).

I know what you mean about the Kings Arms, and it is especially bad as it it right where the road (and pavement) narrows, so there is even less room for manoeuvre. The other one I notice is the pub by Flat Iron Square (forget the name), where people spill out in to the end of the cycle lane quite often in the evening.

But it is one of life's little pleasures standing outside a pub on a sunny day, beer in hand. Obviously some consideration should be shown, particularly where space is so limited, but I'm sure an immovable bollard is more of a concern that a tipsy pub-goer who can at least be moved out of the way.