Transport and Roads

Labour’s Folly

Labour has sought to discourage motorists – through fines, charges and hassle – but has failed to make provision for green transport.

Conservatives’ Answer

“We will invest to repair the borough’s potholed roads, trip hazards and broken pavements.”

We believe in a mix of transport modes in order to meet diverse needs and resources.

“We will ensure that fines and ‘tickets’ are only issued for real infringements, and not for moneymaking purposes.”

In office, we will:

Ensure that fines and “tickets” are only issued for real infringements, and not for money raising purposes.
Work with Transport for London to provide
better public transport and roads across the
borough.
Establish an internal Transport Ombudsman to ensure that contractors are serving the public, not hassling them.
Invest to repair the borough’s potholed roads, trip hazards and broken pavements.
Support the Freedom Pass administered by London Councils.
Freeze residential parking permit charges: Labour’s stealth tax.
Review all existing traffic calming schemes over the next four years to test if they are still fit for purpose or need replacing.
Review all yellow lines to see if more parking spaces can be made
available.
Encourage “green motoring” by introducing electric parking plugs.
Scrap the huge, ugly ‘Welcome to Lambeth’ signs erected by Labour at huge cost and find real ways to engender civic pride.
Continue to use the Lambeth crest on borough street signs.
De-clutter as many streets and remove as many unnecessary signs as possible.
Ballot residents in roads where there are traffic hump schemes constructed more than 10 years ago to see if they need replacing by more modern measures that do not damage property with vibrations.
We will make Lambeth safer for all road users, including cyclists and pedestrians.

Lambeth Conservatives