The Highways Team are working up proposals to improve safety for pedestrians crossing Hyde Park Crescent by installing a central refuge in the road and pavement build outs.

This will also slow down speeding traffic and ensure that cars keep to the correct lane.

Interestingly, a resident showed us a photograph of the road in 1906 where there was a central refuge in the road (which was then called Southwick Crescent).

Residents say, “This will be a significant safety improvement”, “Fingers crossed that something happens with the crossing as I am not so nimble as I once was and getting across Hyde Park Crescent is a real challenge these days” and “Thanks for this, at last!”