Proposals for the future of Borough High Street
1. Community Street Audit – Borough High Street CSA
2. Vision for Borough High Street that was produced by a large number of local groups
Vision for Borough High Street 2010
More generally we feel that this is a lovely historic part of Southwark but…
There are many problems with Borough High Street:
1. Throughout Borough High Street, pavements are not nearly wide enough for the volumes of pedestrians.
2. Much of the pavement is dirty or in poor condition (from Bill in SE1).
3. Dangerous junction of BHS and St. Thomas St.
4. Construction traffic adds to pedestrian and cyclist danger.
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- Cluttered pavements
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- Pavements are not wide enough
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- Lant Street – uneven pavement due to poor repairs (1)
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- Lant Street – uneven pavement due to poor repairs (2)
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- Lant Street – uneven pavement due to poor repairs (3)
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- Filthy pavements on Borough High Street
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- Dirty pavements on Marshalsea Rd
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- J of BHS & St. Thomas St (1) – Crossings obstructed by vehicles
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- J of BHS & St. Thomas St (2) – Traffic is never stopped to allow pedestrians to cross
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- J of BHS & St. Thomas St (3) – Very busy north south route
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- J of BHS & St. Thomas St (4) -No green man on any arm of the crossing
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- One of the many bulk tipper lorries in the area
January 25, 2010 at 3:58 pm
I totally agree.
Borough high street is the weak point of the growing area of London bridge and bank side.
It has been left adrift for too long, with careless and dirty side alleys and decadent buildings. No plants are visible and the only selling thing around is kebabs and cheap shops. How decadent. With the Shard next door it will look like a Ferrari parked into a backstreet toilet.
It really needs a revamp for the sake of the people living around. Otherwise they will keep thinking is normal to leave stuff on the street or ravish the common places like it was middle age era. They wil feel better and they will behave better. But this kind of education project needs to start from above. And be thorough.
Thank you for the space.
October 22, 2010 at 7:39 pm
I am currently working on a report about Borough and Bankside. Looking at low and high points of the are. Basically doing a SWOT analysis and I have to agree with you that Borough High St and also Borough road need some major work starting from the buildings layout to the public realm