London cycle network ‘under threat’ claim boroughs

17 October 2007

London boroughs are concerned that delivery of the mayor’s planned 900km ‘high-quality’ cycle network is ‘at high risk’.

The London Councils’ transport and environment committee was this week expected to ask Transport for London for an update on progress being made on completion of the 900km network by the end of 2010.

The move came almost 12 months after Camden council, the lead borough for the London Cycle Network+ project, identified 140 locations on the network at ‘high risk’ of not being built.

The barriers to delivery include technical feasibility and land ownership issues.

Many of the problematic sections, while short in length – in some cases the width of a junction – would have a significant effect on cyclists’ journeys.

At the last count in April, 550km of the 900km network had been built. But a Transport for London spokesman said it remained committed to completing the LCN+ programme’s aim of providing a continuous, joined-up cycle network across the capital.

TfL was working with the boroughs to identify the schemes which needed to be put in place for the network to be completed.

Where problems are insurmountable in the timeframe – such as where a council is replacing a bridge that was going to form part of the London Cycle Network+ – ‘suitable alternative routes will be found’, either diversions, or parallel routes.

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