The Quadrant

Last night I was invited to attend the Annual Meeting of The Quadrant Residents' Association in Roehampton. The Quadrant covers Rodway Road, Akehurst Street, Umbria Street and Nepean Street.

The big issues for residents there at the moment are the huge Queen Mary's Place development of over 600 homes currently under construction, which backs right up to the edge of the Quadrant. Aside from the general disturbance caused by such a massive development, there is huge concern about both the parking impact it will cause and the added congestion upon the already slow-moving Roehampton Lane.

Plans have been mooted to ban all right turns from Roehampton Lane because of the amount of rat-run traffic through the village and Dover House estate, but such plans would also prevent Quadrant residents from getting to their homes as well, so this was a topic that received a lot of discussion too.

And the parking situation in the area has gradually worsened over the past three years, so residents were pleased to note that the council had finally bowed to demands, championed by Labour's Roehampton team last year, for a consultation on a controlled parking zone.

I was delighted to have been invited to the meeting which was well-attended, and to have been able to contribute on several of the issues discussed.