Goddard Avenue traffic and parking

John Fareham and John Abbott are pressing for informed and constructive action on Goddard Avenue traffic and parking. A report to the September meeting of Wyke Area Committee came up with the surprising fact that, as a connecting route between Chanterlands Avenue and Newland Avenue, it carries over 5800 vehicles per day. Also the chicane we introduced in the 1980s has been rather overtaken by advances in automotive design so that drivers determined to speed can now do it more easily than their XR3i-driving predecessors. Drastic courses of action such as a one way system or simply blocking off Goddard Avenue half way down would bring difficulties, but cannot be entirely ruled out, and the Committee therefore asked the officers to go away, take a closer look at the nature of Goddard Avenue traffic flows, and come back soon with a proper analysis of the situation which will aid in the formulation of a course of action.