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Speed bumps added to Greenwich 'rat run' road that's an 'accident waiting to happen'

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Speed bumps and 20mph signs have been added to a Greenwich road 'blighted' by rat runners after every resident on the street called on the council to resolve the issue. Greenwich Council has said that it will investigate further improvements to Cedarhurst Drive, west of Eltham , following claims that the street is an 'accident waiting to happen'. The change comes after a petition called on the council to address dangerous traffic on the road given its location between Eltham Road and the South Circular Road. It also called for resident-only parking from 9.30-11am every day to deter anti-social parking from commuters using nearby train stations and visitors of Sutcliffe Park. Miriam Crozier, who started the petition, previously told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): "We've been saying for a long time that because we get this channel of cars parked on either side of that stretch of the road and you've got people charging through here, it’s wa...