The London Mayor this week ruled out doing anything to make the King's Cross one-way system safe, despite figures showing it is one of Camden's most dangerous.
The Mayor said he has "no proposals" to make the roads in King's Cross safe. He told the London Assembly Lib Dems that there have been "few speed-related collisions" on the one-way system.
But there have been 63 crashes on the King’s Cross one-way system in the last three years that killed one pedestrian and hospitalised another 16 people. Over the August Bank Holiday there was yet another horrific crash at the crossroads of Gray's Inn Road and Pentonville Road.
And the Mayor himself told the London Assembly just last autumn that he would "not rule out" lower limits on the one-way system roads of King's Cross Road, Gray's Inn Road, Swinton Street and Acton Street, and promised that Transport for London would consider "speed issues" on the roads.
If the Mayor and Camden Council can give one A road a 20mph limit, they can act here too. Our roads have just as many accidents as Camden High Street, where the Mayor agreed to trial a 20mph limit controlled by traffic signals.
Now the Mayor suggests adding a cycle lane to Swinton and Acton streets, where traffic speeds are high and likely to be dangerous for cyclists.
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group and deputy chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee, said: "The Mayor can't explain away the facts: the one-way system is a very dangerous road, and it needs fixing."
Local Lib Dem activist and King's Cross resident Lee Baker added: “With the public finances in a mess, all spending must be carefully targeted at where the worst problems are. The figures show that these roads are at the top of the danger list in Camden."
"The Mayor agreed speeding was a problem last year - but now he's changed his mind."