Gants Hill to Redbridge Road Safety and Cycling Improvements

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The consultation period has now ended and the Council has made it's decision to proceed with the scheme. Please see below for further information.

What are we proposing?

We are proposing to create a safer environment for local residents by extending the 20mph zone around Highlands school to include more residential streets in the area and installing cycle friendly speed humps as well as raised junction points to slow down traffic. The improvements are outlined in the table below:

Road Names

Improvement

Clarence Avenue

Creation of segregated cycle lane whilst retaining parking

Beehive Lane

Raised junction points at the junction with Clarence Avenue and Castleview Gardens

Castleview Gardens

Installation of new cycle friendly speed humps and raised junction points with Hillview Crescent and Devonport Gardens

Castle Drive

Installation of new cycle friendly speed humps and raised junction points with Evanston Gardens

The Drive

Installation of raised junction point between Castleview Gardens and Castle Drive

Wanstead Lane junction of Evanston Gardens

Re-prioritising the junction to reduce speeds and provide continuation route for cyclists

The Crescent, Blenheim Avenue, St Edmund’s Road, Fairholme Road, Mornington Avenue, Cranbrook Rise, St Helen’s Road, Wanstead Lane, Hillview Crescent, Devenport Gardens, Preston Gardens, Studley Drive, Carlisle Gardens, Stonehall Avenue, Wakefield Gardens, Ripon Gardens, Wanstead Park Road, Worcester Gardens, Canterbury Avenue, Gloucester Gardens, Lincoln Gardens, Chelmsford Gardens, Chichester Gardens, Rochester Gardens, and Exeter Gardens.

Cycle friendly speed humps and road markings

The existing 20mph speed limit around Highlands Primary School will remain.

The Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade, London Ambulance Services and Transport for London are being consulted on the proposals.

Why make the changes?

The Council has received funding from Transport for London to implement additional road safety measures and quiet routes for cyclists in the borough.

The proposed measures have been developed to address concerns about excessive speeds, traffic incidents in the area. They will improve road safety and reduce the speed of cars. This will create a safer environment for driving, cycling and walking.

Speed is factor in 37% of all incidents where a person is killed or seriously injured in London. Being hit by a vehicle at 30mph is five times more likely to kill you than if you are hit at 20mph.

The cycle quietway will add to the wider borough cycle network connecting to cycle routes to Wanstead under Redbridge roundabout and to proposals for an enhanced local route from Gants Hill to Ilford.

The Council are also developing further proposals to reduce rat running in the area which would be subject to a separate consultation.

What happens next?

The consultation starts on 6 November 2023 and will last for 4 weeks closing on 23:59 3 December 2023. The Council will consider all the responses and any adjustments needed to the scheme. Construction would begin in early 2024 and further letters will be sent out informing residents of the final plans and construction.

The consultation period has now ended and the Council has made it's decision to proceed with the scheme. Please see below for further information.

What are we proposing?

We are proposing to create a safer environment for local residents by extending the 20mph zone around Highlands school to include more residential streets in the area and installing cycle friendly speed humps as well as raised junction points to slow down traffic. The improvements are outlined in the table below:

Road Names

Improvement

Clarence Avenue

Creation of segregated cycle lane whilst retaining parking

Beehive Lane

Raised junction points at the junction with Clarence Avenue and Castleview Gardens

Castleview Gardens

Installation of new cycle friendly speed humps and raised junction points with Hillview Crescent and Devonport Gardens

Castle Drive

Installation of new cycle friendly speed humps and raised junction points with Evanston Gardens

The Drive

Installation of raised junction point between Castleview Gardens and Castle Drive

Wanstead Lane junction of Evanston Gardens

Re-prioritising the junction to reduce speeds and provide continuation route for cyclists

The Crescent, Blenheim Avenue, St Edmund’s Road, Fairholme Road, Mornington Avenue, Cranbrook Rise, St Helen’s Road, Wanstead Lane, Hillview Crescent, Devenport Gardens, Preston Gardens, Studley Drive, Carlisle Gardens, Stonehall Avenue, Wakefield Gardens, Ripon Gardens, Wanstead Park Road, Worcester Gardens, Canterbury Avenue, Gloucester Gardens, Lincoln Gardens, Chelmsford Gardens, Chichester Gardens, Rochester Gardens, and Exeter Gardens.

Cycle friendly speed humps and road markings

The existing 20mph speed limit around Highlands Primary School will remain.

The Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade, London Ambulance Services and Transport for London are being consulted on the proposals.

Why make the changes?

The Council has received funding from Transport for London to implement additional road safety measures and quiet routes for cyclists in the borough.

The proposed measures have been developed to address concerns about excessive speeds, traffic incidents in the area. They will improve road safety and reduce the speed of cars. This will create a safer environment for driving, cycling and walking.

Speed is factor in 37% of all incidents where a person is killed or seriously injured in London. Being hit by a vehicle at 30mph is five times more likely to kill you than if you are hit at 20mph.

The cycle quietway will add to the wider borough cycle network connecting to cycle routes to Wanstead under Redbridge roundabout and to proposals for an enhanced local route from Gants Hill to Ilford.

The Council are also developing further proposals to reduce rat running in the area which would be subject to a separate consultation.

What happens next?

The consultation starts on 6 November 2023 and will last for 4 weeks closing on 23:59 3 December 2023. The Council will consider all the responses and any adjustments needed to the scheme. Construction would begin in early 2024 and further letters will be sent out informing residents of the final plans and construction.

Consultation Results and Decision

Following the survey the Council has decide to proceed with installing road safety and cycle improvements.

The consultation asked for views on whether respondents are concerned about road safety in their area, if the proposals would make their family feel safer in the area, reduce speeding in their area, help them to feel safer to walk and cycle in the area, and reduce the severity or number of collisions in the area. It also asked for an overall view about the proposals. There were 285 responses to the consultation which Is considered a high response rate in comparison to other highway scheme responses. Top level figures are given below:

  • 53.4% of respondents that responded use the car as their main form of transport in a week, compared to 24.2% that use public transport, 8.5% that cycle or scoot, and 13.2% that walk.
  • 60.7% of respondents have concerns about road safety in the area, 33.7% do not, and 5.6% had no opinion.
  • 58.5% of respondents agreed or had no opinions that the proposals would make themselves and their family feel safer.
  • 60.5% of respondents agreed or had no opinions that the proposals would reduce cars speeding in the area.
  • 60.5% of respondents agreed or had no opinions that the proposals would reduce cars speeding in the area.
  • 61.6% of respondents agreed or had no opinions that the proposals would reduce the severity or number of incidents in the area.
  • 51.9%% of respondents agreed with the proposals being consulted on and 1.8% had no opinion.

The post consultation summary of the scheme is detailed below alongside links to the detailed plans:

Road Names

Improvement

Clarence Avenue

Creation of segregated cycle lane whilst retaining parking 

Beehive Lane

Raised junction points at the junction with Clarence Avenue and Castleview Gardens

Castleview Gardens

Installation of new cycle friendly speed humps

Castle Drive

Installation of new cycle friendly speed humps and raised junction points with Evanston Gardens

The Drive

Installation of raised junction point between Castleview Gardens and Castle Drive

Wanstead Lane junction of Evanston Gardens

Installation of new cycle friendly speed humps and re-prioritising the junction to reduce speeds and provide continuation route for cyclists

The Crescent, Blenheim Avenue, St Edmund’s Road, Fairholme Road, Mornington Avenue, Cranbrook Rise, St Helen’s Road, Wanstead Lane, Hillview Crescent, Devenport Gardens, Preston Gardens, Studley Drive, Carlisle Gardens, Stonehall Avenue, Wakefield Gardens, Ripon Gardens, Wanstead Park Road, Worcester Gardens, Canterbury Avenue, Gloucester Gardens, Lincoln Gardens, Chelmsford Gardens, Chichester Gardens, Rochester Gardens, and Exeter Gardens.

Cycle friendly speed humps and road markings


See link to detailed plans here for the road safety improvements and cycle route here, and see the detailed plans for the wider road safety zone here.

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