Fore Street looking SW towards Union Square

So should we make this one-way and eliminate the problem?

I hope not. There is no immediate alternative route so traffic would have to make considerable detours via unsuitable roads and junctions. Making any length one-way would be likely to increase the amount of traffic in Mary Street with consequences for the poor junction with the bypass, increasing the accident risk there. One other route linking through to Le Molay Littry Way - Coombe Close is most unsuitable. Also there would be a speeding problem.

The best way to deal with this might be to "break-up" the long lengths of parked vehicles.

In this picture parked vehicles on the right used to form a continuous line at school times making it almost impossible for two-way traffic to flow. The slight build-out helped to enforce the double yellow lines at this point creating a workable passing point about half-way along the length.

Here the scheme is intended to allow two way traffic. In Bovey the passing points would be designed like this (with or without the hump), but at key pedestrian crossing points the build-out may have to reach further out to ensure good visibility in which case the crossing point itself would be a pinch-point. This may be appropriate near Union Square.

Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup, Bexley