News on Rebuilding a Greener Hackney

We’re committed to listening to local people’s views for all of our rebuilding a greener Hackney measures. Please do take the time to feed back on this Commonplace site so we can improve schemes if necessary and take your views into account, alongside traffic monitoring, before any decision is made on whether or not to make schemes permanent.

Hoxton West low traffic neighbourhood

Following feedback from local residents and as a result of traffic monitoring in the area, the Council is making a change to the Hoxton West low traffic neighbourhood. This will move the traffic filter on Nile Street, close to the junction with Vestry Street, further westwards along Nile Street past the junction with Provost Street. This will help prevent non-local traffic from using Nile Street and Provost Street as a rat run. This work will take place on Saturday 19 September. All residents and businesses will continue to be able to access their properties by car.

London Fields Low Traffic Neighbourhood

As of yesterday, all measures in the London Fields Low Traffic Neighbourhood are fully implemented. As with any transport scheme, it can take a number of weeks for drivers to get used to the changes and sat nav apps to adjust. As with all of our schemes to Rebuild a Greener Hackney, we are monitoring traffic levels in the area and will make adjustments where necessary.

Transport for London is also carrying out roadworks to traffic signals on Hackney Road, which are causing delays in the area. This is expected to be completed on 7 October.

Camera enforcement at the Cat & Mutton bridge filter is set to begin on 12 October, following a one-month period to allow drivers to get used to the changes. This will join temporary and permanent cameras already in place at other filters in the borough, and support the new London Fields Low Traffic Neighbourhood.

Hackney Downs low traffic neighbourhood

We have started camera enforcement at the Brooke Road/Evering Road traffic filters, helping to reduce through-traffic in the area. We will be monitoring compliance at other sites and introducing cameras where appropriate.

Sadly, bollards at some sites have been repeatedly removed. We will continue to replace these and will start CCTV monitoring of sites if this continues to be a problem.

School Streets

The first of 40 new School Streets were introduced last week, supporting children to walk and cycle to school and maintain social distancing at the school gates. Collectively, over 14,000 children will benefit from cleaner air and improved road safety at the school gates as part of the plans.

All residents in every School Street area received letters about the new measures through the post. More information about the scheme and exemptions, including those for residents and businesses within School Streets zones, can be found here: hackney.gov.uk/school-streets .

Have your say

Do take the time to have your say on all of our rebuilding a greener Hackney schemes at: https://rebuildingagreenerhackney.commonplace.is/overview

You can also read Cllr Jon Burke, Hackney Council Cabinet Member for Energy, Waste, Transport and Public Realm, on why we have to act to rebuild a greener Hackney, and how we are listening to residents: https://news.hackney.gov.uk/rebuilding-a-greener-hackney-why-we-have-to-act/