Many thanks to you all for your support, excellent work everyone! We have reached our initial target of 134 signatures blisteringly quickly (in just over a day), which validates just how important this issue is for the area. Please continue to share the link (https://www.change.org/TrafficPain) and consider adding comments on the petition page, as these will give us more varied viewpoints to take to Hounslow and Ealing councils when we approach them.

Targets

134 signatures: we outnumber the number of Swyncombe Avenue residents supporting the restriction

223 signatures: we outnumber the total number of residents supporting the restriction (including those outside Swyncombe Avenue)

750 signatures: we outnumber the previous total number of residents against the restriction

1000 signatures: a psychologically important number which councillors would find harder to ignore

8001 signatures: we outnumber Guy Lambert’s exaggerated number of emails requesting the restriction

Plan

We have already begun to approach stakeholders such as the bus companies and the emergency services. We are taking advice on when and how to approach Hounslow and Ealing councils. The larger the number of signatures, the faster this will be.

We are also considering various initiatives we can undertake to further publicise e.g. signage along affected routes, mail drops and reaching out to the media. If you can help with this, please join this WhatsApp group: WhatsApp Chat - Reopen Swyncombe Avenue. Please bear in mind that we started in a single road so without involvement from residents from all affected areas, we may not be able to extend signage and mail drops much further than Manor Vale and its surroundings in Brentford.

Many thanks!