Norbury Street Safety Walk

A street walk was organised by our local ward councillors and held on the 16th March. Its aim was to focus on the safety aspects of inadequate street lighting and the subsequent threat posed to women and girls. Apart from mainly women attendees, also participating was the principal Croydon Street Lighting officer, the Croydon Street lighting contractor, Skanska, and members of the local SNT team plus the attendance of the specialist dedicated Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) officer.

Interestingly, as an experiment one of the streetlights was reduced to half power but its brightness was considered acceptable by most of the group.

Actions agreed were recorded by our local councillors with the aim to both publish them and their outcomes. One of the major actions was for the lighting team to carry out light level tests in the Pollards Hill East and Semley Road areas. Both areas were passed as being compliant and therefore Croydon plan no further action.  A concern is that when trees are in full leaf, they can reduce light levels. Our councillors will be requesting Croydon to carry out the same tests during summer.