This was going up the road
Is there anyone from the construction team monitoring this?
More reports of late noise today
We will take this up with the contractor when an exception occurs. Anything urgent- use the
hotline.– either they can do a better job of managing their traffic or we can take it up with an
enforcement office at the council
Agreed. We should raise this formally with both the council and the ward councillors. Happy
to co-sign something. This is supposed to be a conservation area, not a logistics hub.
I emailed Camden Council but no response. Surely there’s a proper traffic management plan
for this kind of thing. If so how do we enforce it? This street isn’t designed for constant
obstruction — it’s barely wide enough for two bikes to pass.
And it’s not just vehicles — the site workers have started storing materials on the pavement!
I run a restaurant on West Central Street. My customers yesterday had to step into the road
just to get around it. Isn’t that a safety issue? How do we stop this bad behaviour?
Same on the Great Russell end. I couldn’t get a cab to stop near my flat — he had to let me
off two blocks away because the entire street was gridlocked with trucks and a skip being
unloaded. It’s ridiculous. Surely this us against the rules for this kind of thing
Totally agree. I live above the café and I’ve seen delivery lorries just sitting in the middle of
the road, hazard lights on, with nowhere to go. Residents literally have to weave between
construction lorries just to get out of their own building.
Can we talk about the construction traffic on Museum Street? It’s completely jammed every
morning now — their trucks stop on both sides, nothing moving. It’s a nightmare just trying
to walk down the pavement. Is this to do with our site or something else??
For now, you can use the Hotline. They could screen the site better – Raise this at the next
meeting – there are guidelines they must follow. Let’s see how they respond
We can always contact Camden Council. There is demolition plan they must follow and the
code document on the web site deals with practical things that we’ve agreed. Museum
Street’s not just any road — if this is going to drag on for weeks, we deserve transparency
and proper mitigation. A WhatsApp group could be good or maybe a ‘bulletin board’, Can
MSCLG organise one?
Exactly. Plus, the dust — I walked past the site this morning and it was everywhere. They
says it is screened, and they dampen the spoil – but it’s not working. The pavement’s half-
blocked too. Feels like now they’ve started we’re being completely disregarded.
And they just plough on without pause. I know its 2-hour blocks But even basic courtesy like
a leaflet or heads-up on a site board. Will the developer do that? Central London or not, this
is a residential street. Some of us live and work here. Could our residents group organise a
WhatsApp alert group
yes I agree