Transport plans approved by London’s mayor this week commit two boroughs to streetscene improvements and promoting sustainable travel.
~Ken Livingstone~'s endorsement of local implementation plans for Camden and Hammersmith and Fulham follows his approval of London’s first LIP, for Kingston, earlier this month (Surveyor, 16 March). Under the ~Greater London Authority~ Act 1999, each borough must prepare a LIP showing how it will implement the mayor’s transport strategy.
Camden’s plan, which promises to create ‘world-class streets’, rolls forward its Boulevard project major capital programme to make the borough’s streets more attractive with £7M annual spend on maintenance and streetscene schemes from 2006/7.
Clear zone schemes and travel-awareness campaigns are designed to cut pollution and congestion in the central London borough. It will also strive to triple cycling from its 2001 level by 2012. More home zones are planned for Hammersmith and Fulham, together with an updated urban design scheme for Shepherds Bush Green. Borough planners will promote sustainable development, for example, by ensuring a major retail scheme at White City enjoys goods access to new stations, and for journeys on foot and bicycle.
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