Action on Rokesly Avenue 🚗⚠️✅

After months of campaigning, conversations, and sustained pressure by Dana, Elin and Adam as your Labour Councillors, we’re really pleased to share that new measures have now been installed to tackle speeding on Rokesly Avenue. 🙌💚

This started with residents 🗣️

For years, residents have been raising serious concerns about speeding, unsafe driving and near-misses on Rokesly Avenue.

We’ve heard it time and again:

➡️ cars travelling well over 20mph

➡️ difficulties crossing safely

➡️ real worries about children and families

When we surveyed residents, the message was crystal clear — 90% said the road is not consistently safe, and over 86% had witnessed speeding. That couldn’t be ignored.

We took this on — and pushed it forward 💪

From the start, we made this a priority.

We didn’t just pass it on — we led the campaign:

👉 knocked on doors and spoke directly with residents

👉 ran a detailed residents’ survey to build the evidence

👉 challenged the council’s initial “no action needed” position

👉 met repeatedly with traffic and engineering officers

👉 secured a site visit to show the problems firsthand

👉 raised it directly with the Cabinet Member for Highways

We were clear: the situation on Rokesly Avenue could not continue.

And now — we’ve delivered change ✅

As a result of that work, new safety measures have now been installed:

👉 Six new 20mph roundels

👉 Three new “SLOW” road markings

👉 Extended centre line markings to narrow the road visually

These changes are designed to slow drivers down and reinforce the 20mph limit — particularly along the wide stretch residents identified as a key danger point.

This is what active councillors do 🌹

We’re proud to have delivered this.

Because this is what the role is about:

👉 listening to residents

👉 building the case properly

👉 pushing officers and decision-makers

👉 and sticking with it until something changes

This didn’t happen overnight — it took persistence, pressure, and proper local leadership.

And we’re not stopping ⚠️

We know residents want to see real results, so we’ll be monitoring the impact closely, continuing to work with officers, and pushing for further action if needed.

We’re also continuing work on the wider issues around congestion and traffic at the Tottenham Lane junction which is in need of a safer crossing (the next campaign?).

Thank you 🙏

A huge thank you to everyone who filled in the survey, emailed us, spoke to us on the doorstep or stopped us in the street.

Your voices drove this and we made sure they were heard.

We will keep listening.

We will keep working.

And we will keep delivering for Hornsey. 💪

Dana, Elin & Adam

Hornsey Councillors 🌹