WALTHAMSTOW VILLAGE UPDATE Walthamstow Village
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IMPROVEMENTS TO WALTHAMSTOW VILLAGE AREA UPKEEP A final design has been developed based on the results from the You brought a number of maintenance issues to our attention. Work on trial, and consultation with residents and businesses. We believe the following will begin in March and will continue over the next two years: this final design best reflects the feedback received and will enhance • Replace all speed cushions with speed humps to regulate traffic WALTHAMSTOW VILLAGE UPDATE Walthamstow Village. For further information about the final design, A final design has We will contact speeds and improve safety please see the full report online at: www.enjoywalthamforest.co.uk/ areas-of-development/walthamstow-village. been developed • Improvements to street lighting those residents • Road resurfacing ROAD CLOSURES AND TRAFFIC DIRECTIONAL CHANGES based on the • De-cluttering-removal of redundant street signs. directly so that Road closures and no entries will be introduced to address the issues results from they can feed in surrounding local traffic driving through the area. The road closures will WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? affect motored vehicles only (with an exception on Orford Road where Improvements to the area will begin this month and run until July 2015. the W12 bus service will be permitted); pedestrians and cycles will be the trial, and The work will be completed in the following stages to keep disruption in to the design that able to pass through. Space will be provided to allow vehicles to turn the area to a minimum. around and in order to improve accessibility several roads will undergo consultation with we take forward. traffic direction changes. The road closures and traffic direction changes are shown on the accompanying map. residents and FEB Preparation works to make way for the new improvements SHARED SPACE ON ORFORD ROAD businesses. Orford Road will be closed between 10:00am and 10:00pm Monday 2 MARCH to Sunday (except buses, cycles and pedestrians). This will allow Traffic calming measures, such as; replacing all speed humps businesses to make deliveries on Orford Road outside of these times in the area and was an important issue to businesses. Creating a restricted zone up until 10:00pm will allow restaurants and pubs to utilise the space into the evenings. The scheme will also be enforced by cameras. The W12 2 MARCH bus route will remain unchanged and will continue to travel along Orford Works to close East and West Avenue to traffic Road. Outside of the restricted zone traffic will travel one-way eastbound and bays will be provided for loading and disabled badge holders on Orford Road. 16 MARCH Public realm improvements, such as; resurfacing roads including CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT Grove Road and adding Copenhagen style new crossing points You have told us that reducing the risks of speeding traffic and creating a safer environment in Walthamstow Village are key priorities. 14 APRIL These measures were very well supported during the consultation: Update lighting (including Barclay path lighting) by repositioning • Raised ‘Copenhagen’ style crossings to be implemented at key lamp posts and changing light colour from yellow to white. locations in Walthamstow Village • Improve the junction on Barclay Road with Shernhall Street by Plans for the public space improvements will be developed with residents widening pavements and raising the junctions to slow traffic living locally to the selected areas. We will contact those residents directly • Widen pavement and reduce the crossing distance on Addison Road so that they can feed in to the design that we take forward. at the junction with Shernhall Street • Investigate and improve the street lighting levels on key routes, A review of the changes will be conducted six months after full particularly those well used by pedestrians. implementation to make sure they have improved the area as proposed. NEW AND IMPROVED PUBLIC SPACES Based on the feedback we received at the design workshops from residents, we identified public spaces that will be developed to enhance the look and feel of the area. You have told us that the following public Further information will be available on our dedicated website spaces were the most important to you: www.enjoywalthamforest.co.uk, to keep you up to date with the • Additional tree planting across Walthamstow Village changes in the area and across the borough. • Improvements to street lighting and the footpath along Barclay Path Please continue to email your questions and feedback to • Improvements of the public square on Eden Road (Eden Village [email protected]. www.enjoywalthamforest.co.uk Square) • Improvements to the footways, outside the parade of shops along For more information 71-85 Grove Road. Visit www.enjoywalthamforest.co.uk/area-of-improvements/ walthamstow-village We will develop designs for the public spaces in popularity order and Call 020 8496 2400 ask residents and businesses about them later this year. Email [email protected] St Mary Road WALTHAMSTOW VILLAGE UPDATE St Mary Road Walthamstow Village area wide improvements Church Lane N Walthamstow Village is one of a series of residential areas in the borough At every stage Orford Road Restricted Zone to receive Mini Holland funding to create places that are great to live, work No vehicular trac 10am -10pm Monday to Sunday (except buses, and travel. of this process 5 cycles and pedestrians) Priory Avenue The Walthamstow Village area improvement scheme will improve Road closed (except cycles) Raised Copenhagen style crossing conditions for pedestrians and bike users, improve air quality, and First Avenue Orford Road we have talked First Avenue ease congestion on local roads. Improvements to the look and feel Berry Fields Close Landscaping C Additional cycle parking Vestry Road West Avenue Summit Road of public areas will also bring a wide range of benefits to residents No entry Pedestrian crossing and junction to residents and East Avenue and businesses. improvement Cedars Avenue Road changes to two-way local businesses Second Avenue Walking and cycle route from T rel se C awny Clo Road changes to one-way eastbound Walthamstow Central WALTHAMSTOW VILLAGE CONSULTATION Orford Road Shernhall Street We value your views and have been consulting on the Walthamstow and encouraged Ravenswood Road Road changes to one-way westbound Pedestrian pavement and lighting Village area wide improvements through an extensive three month 2 Orford Road C 1 improvements engagement process. Orford Road Road changes to one-way northbound people to have Third Avenue Eden Road Road changes to one-way southbound At every stage of this process we have talked to residents and their say. Addison Road local businesses and encouraged people to have their say. All Pembroke Road Existing one-way roads feedback that has been received, both from the public consultation Hoe Street Stanhope Road Comely Bank Rd and the two week trial held last year, has been used to shape the Randolph Road Wilson Street Wing Cherry Close Beulah Road project. It has been the most extensive engagement process our Orford Road f i Highways and Infrastructure team have run to date. eld Rd Shernhall Street RESULTS FROM THE CONSULTATION Brunswick Street The public consultation period for the scheme ran between 28 November and 19 December 2014, and a full report on the Grosvenor Park Road results can be found at www.enjoywalthamforest.co.uk/ Grosvenor Rise East areas-of-development/walthamstow-village. Beulah Road Beulah Maynard Road St Stephens Close Stephens St Pembroke Road The public consultation results were presenting to the Cabinet on Eden Road Maynard Road Tuesday 10 February 2015 and plans for the Walthamstow Village area improvements were approved. Pendlestone Road Barclay Road Barclay Road KEY RESULTS FROM THE CONSULTATION ARE AS FOLLOWS Street West C Rd Stephens St Grove Road Cromwell Road Cromwell St Stephen’s Ave Hoe Street Shaftesbury Road E a s % Don’t t Salisbury Road Salisbury Proposal % % % e Raglan Road r C n Western Road know For Against Neutral R o Butterelds a d Grove Road t 3 e East Avenue e r t 3 S Road closures and 44 41 12 ll Elm Road a h rn traffic direction he Granville Road S changes Lea Bridge Road Vestry Road Safer environment 74 13 11 2 proposals Merton Road Grove Road College Road 4 Lea Bridge Road East Avenue Proposal Result Clarendon Road Copeland Road Fraser Road C Opening and closing 51 per cent of respondents favoured the Orford Road time of the shared shared space on Orford Road to be closed Eden Road space on Orford between 10:00am- 10:00pm Monday to Boundary Road Hoe Street Road Sunday Livingstone Road 2 Orford Road C 1 C Top three - Additional tree planting across Walthamstow Lea Bridge Road Orford Road Arden improvements - Better pavements and street lighting on Mews Restricted Zone residents want to see Barclay Path Bakers Avenue in the area - An extended public square on Eden Road (Eden Square) Lea Bridge Road Knotts Green Road.