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@Tarbaby
I live in Weston Street, I can see the site from my flat, but didn't see the incident. Cycle daily and am humbled at how easily it occurred. Everyone familiar with the road knows it's hugely popular with cyclists, the surface is terrible and the sight line in that particular area is poor when cars are parked.
There have been two recent initiatives to make the street "better"... Firstly, Southwark Council further along at the junction of Leathermarket St did the all pervasive road level with the pavement, allow cars to run across your feet-style junction. It had previously been perfectly adequate. And at the fatal site, the junction of Snowsfield and Weston Street, Team London Bridge undertook a project they call "pocket plazas". Neither were aimed at safety, neither discouraged speeding and neither party will put their hands up to acknowledge their complicity in wasting money when lives should be the primary goal.
I wish the family every respect and was heartened to see locals had placed flowers and candles outside the Rose pub.