After a big campaign by Theresa Villiers during her time as local MP, Barnet Council have abandoned their plans for bus lanes on the A1000 in Whetstone and Cat Hill in East Barnet.
Theresa set up a petition against these measures which attracted over 4000 signatures, and hundreds more completed a community survey which she circulated. She submitted this petition to the Mayor of London, TfL and Barnet Council.
Welcoming the news that the bus lane plans have been dropped, the former MP for Chipping Barnet said, “I fought strongly against these damaging and disruptive proposals from Barnet Council and TfL.”
“They would have caused huge amounts of unnecessary congestion. High street shops and businesses would have been badly hit and many many thousands of journeys would have been disrupted. So many people told me how strongly opposed they were to these bus lanes, including local traders.”
“During my 19 years as MP, I don’t remember anyone getting in touch with me to ask for new bus lanes in either of these locations. They were just another example of Labour’s ideological anti-car approach. At last, residents in Barnet have been heard on this and I am pleased to have ensured they could get their views across, loud and clear.”
“But Labour have not yet cancelled their proposal for an unnecessary bus lane in Barnet High Street. I am encouraging people to respond to the consultation which has opened on this, so we can kill off this misguided measure as we did the plans for Whetstone and Cat Hill.”
Residents can respond to the Barnet Council consultation on Barnet High Street bus lanes here.
Digital imprint: Promoted by Theresa Villiers of 163 High Street, Barnet, Herts, EN5 5SU.
