London mayor Sadiq Khan and Transport for London (TfL) have announced that construction work on four ‘trial’ cycling infrastructure projects will start this month.
The mayor’s office said the new routes will build on the construction work already underway to make cycling safer and easier, including significant upgrades to the CS8 route between Wandsworth Town Centre and Chelsea Bridge, which will connect to further improvements to create a safer route between Wandsworth and Lambeth Bridge.
Work is also in progress at Old Street, Cycleway 9 at Kew Bridge and Cycleway 4 on Creek Road in Greenwich.
Mr Khan said: ‘I’m absolutely determined to build an even better London after the pandemic – a greener and healthier city in which it’s easier and safer to walk and cycle.
‘The huge number of Londoners who have taken up or rediscovered cycling over the past year - myself included – has been one of the few silver linings from the pandemic. By making it safer and more convenient for people to get to where they want to be, we will not only keep up this momentum but also enable a cleaner and greener recovery for our city.’
The four trial schemes starting work this month are:
- A protected two-way cycle lane on Mansell Street in Tower Hamlets and the City of London, which will help create a vital new link between two major protected routes in the area, Cycleways 2 and 3
- A cycle route along Tooley Street, which will extend the existing Cycleway 4 route from Tower Bridge Road to London Bridge, creating a high-quality cycle route between Rotherhithe and London Bridge for the first time
- Further trial upgrades to the CS7 route between Oval and Elephant & Castle. These will mean that people can cycle between Colliers Wood, Tooting, Balham, Clapham and central London via a largely protected route - or in improved bus lanes - for the first time
- Work to make cycling safer along the A23 between Streatham and Oval, including by widening bus lanes at stops to make it easier for people cycling to safely pass stationary buses, and creating separate traffic signals for cycling at key junctions.
The mayor’s office said TfL has asked people for their initial feedback on the trial schemes while construction work begins and that ‘while TfL plans to continue delivering schemes at speed, it will also work closely with stakeholders and local communities to ensure schemes are developed with the benefit of their knowledge and insight’.
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