Thank you for contacting us on 11 January 2014 with reference to the removal of pedestrian guard rails at the crossing of Devonshire Road in Forest Hill.

Thank you for your support for the removal of unnecessary street clutter.

Removal of the pedestrian guard rail at the crossing of Devonshire Road would open the crossing so that more people can use it. We have noted that with the current arrangement pedestrians do walk around the pedestrian guard rail and cross outside the staggered crossing. In addition, other customers using the crossing can sometimes be seen getting trapped on the carriageway, as the island is too crowded.

However, in light of your query we now feel that the junction would benefit more from a general/overall review rather than elements. Therefore we have taken the decision to leave the pedestrian guard rail in place at present because we feel that the benefit of not having the furniture on this island would be diluted by other factors.

Following your query we will add this junction to our programme for further investigation. At the current time we have a long programme of works; however I would hope these investigations to start later this calendar year.