How it might affect you

- Ambulances, fire engines and police cars will get stuck on roads and be unable to pass the fixed barriers.

- The road closures will add significant time to journeys, ultimately costing lives.

- The police will be blocked from chasing fleeing criminals down blocked roads.

-As journey times are lengthened, emissions and pollution will be hugely increased on main roads due to congested traffic.

-Stop/ start traffic will increase emissions.

-High street residents will experience adverse health effects from increased pollution.

-Air quality will deteriorate in the most populated areas.

- Tradespeople's livelihoods will be impacted as their journey times increase. 

- Taxi drivers will refuse to come to LTN areas.

- Shop owners livelihoods will be at risk.

- Mobile care workers and delivery drivers will be unable to fulfil their rotas. 

- Not everyone is able to ride a bike - it will take freedom of movement away.

- Disabled and less mobile residents will be prevented from easy access to the shops and services. 

- Single working parents will be heavily affected.

- Not everyone has the time capacity to cycle or walk.

- Will discriminate against those that already live on the roads that remain open.

- Schools situated on main roads will suffer from increased pollution.

- Will increase anxiety at an already stressful and challenging time when mental health issues are on the rise. 

- Meals on wheels volunteers will be unable to reach the vulnerable.

- People providing care to elderly family members will be negatively affected.

- Red button response times will no longer be guaranteed.

- Residents will be divided within their community.

- Vehicles will be unable to load/ unload deliveries and supplies resulting in some suppliers refusing to drive to the area.

- There will be limited customer parking spaces.

- Passing trade will decline.

- Shops in other boroughs subjected to these measures have reported a major reduction in footfall.