Borough relaxes rules on bus lanes

11 January 2007
 
A road scheme involving the removal of bus lanes and the creation of a shared space in a London borough will start next week.
Residents living around Walworth Road, in Southwark, decided on the £2.74M scheme from two options, early last year (Surveyor, 16 February 2006).
Southwark council had already decided to remove bus lanes on the road, after negotiations with Transport for London.
TfL said it would be monitoring the project and paying close attention when it became fully operational, which is expected to be in December.
London mayor, Ken Livingstone, has previously voiced concerns over the plans because of the decision to remove bus lanes.
The controversial part of the design will see the replacement of bus lanes between Fielding Street and Manor Place, on Walworth Road, with wider, tree-lined pavements, as well as better lighting and removal of unnecessary street clutter.
Next week (January 15), contractor FM Conway will begin the work, which will involve modernising pedestrian crossings, upgrading road junctions, widening the pavement, and the introduction of a 20mph speed limit.
Walworth Road saw 250 road casualties in the last three years, and the new measures are designed to cut down accidents as well as traffic congestion, pedestrian pressures and the fear of crime. The road is a central shopping area and a major thoroughfare with average daily traffic flow of more than 20,000 vehicles and up to 80 buses an hour.
The council has funded the scheme with £1M of its own cash, £1M from the Department for Transport, and £740,000 from Transport for London.
The project is part of the DfT’s safety initiative – Mixed Priority Route Road Safety Demonstration Projects.

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