The DfT have now missed their third deadline of 31st October to announce their decision on this bid - and on many others in London and up and down the country. So does this suggest that it is being kicked into the long grass ... ? btw Alexandra North is the neighbourhood bounded by the allotments site, Durnsford and Bounds Green roads.
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One reason for the delay in the announcement seems to be the surveys that have been run nationally and in London to find out what the general public think of such schemes. Despite the very bad press that these have been receiving recently (even in the Observer a fortnight ago), these showed that 65% of people across England support reallocating road space to cycling and walking in their local area, and nearly 80% support measures to reduce road traffic in their neighbourhood. In London, asked about low-traffic neighbourhoods, 52% were in favour of them, rising to 56% of those who lived in a neighbourhood where they had been implemented.
As in the original proposals, School Streets and Low-traffic neighbourhoods were particularly favoured, but this time great emphasis has been laid on the need for local authorities to engage and consult with local communities before and during implementation of any schemes, and to report on plans to do this, and evidence that it was being carried out.
Criticism was directed at those local authorities who had put most of their efforts into pavement-widening schemes using temporary barriers to enable social distancing. These measures were said to have many downsides, and did not in themselves encourage walking and cycling. Haringey Council must be one of the prime examples of such local authorities.