| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Detailed design for Watermans Park to Kew Bridge cycleway | |
| Posted by: | Jeremy Parkinson | |
| Date/Time: | 24/03/23 11:49:00 |
| The detailed designs are on this link: https://democraticservices.hounslow.gov.uk/documents/g11007/Public%20reports%20pack%20Tuesday%2003-Sep-2019%2019.00%20Cabinet.pdf?T=10 It is a document of nearly 1,000 pages and the maps for the new section of the cycleway begin at about page 439. It is quite a short stretch and, as far as I can see there is only one bus island. There is a noticeable reticence about this part of the project compared to the earlier section in Chiswick and little effort has been made by the council to share details. Maybe expensive visualisations were out of the question but a bit more transparency about what the changes are would have been good. At this stage I'd say what will be most controversial about this bit of the cycleway is the construction delays rather than the lane itself. The one bus island is next to modern flats which may not have as many elderly relatives, there is no loss of bus lane that I can see, there are fewer side entries reducing the risk of collisions between vehicles and cyclists on a bi-directional lane and I don't think the road space for general traffic is being reduced that much overall so there shouldn't be too much traffic generated. However, the road will look very different when it is complete and, as it will be a surprise to many, there may be a bit of a hostile reaction. Interestingly, TfL issued a statement on the Cycleway which talked about the completion of Cycleway 9 but did not mention the Brentford to Hounslow section. This is a far more intrusive project with lots of loss of bus priority and bus islands so it may have been quietly put to sleep. |