News on Rebuilding a Greener Hackney

New protected cycle lanes

Construction has started on new protected cycle lanes on Queensbridge Road and Balls Pond Road, as part of our plans to rebuild a greener Hackney in the wake of the pandemic.

The new protected cycle lanes on Queensbridge Road are being introduced between Whiston Road and Albion Drive, joining protected cycle lanes installed on Queensbridge Road between Hackney Road and Whiston Road earlier this year.

Together, this will support residents in Haggerston to join Quietway 2, improving cycle links to Lea Bridge, Leyton and Islington, and supporting residents in Hackney Central.

Plans to introduce cycle lanes on the section of Cycle Superhighway 1 along Balls Pond Road pre-date the pandemic, and were supported by 67% of respondents in consultation in 2018.

They will see a two-way protected cycle lane introduced between Culford Road and Kingsbury Road, with a traffic signal at the junction with Culford Road to allow the cycle route to cross Balls Pond Road.

Construction at both sites started this week, and is expected to last into next week at Queensbridge Road. Construction at Balls Pond Road is expected to last seven weeks.

Find out more: https://news.hackney.gov.uk/construction-starts-on-new-protected-cycle-lanes/

New traffic filter on Clissold Crescent

Next week, we’re introducing a new traffic filter on Clissold Crescent, near its junction with Carysfort Road. This will encourage walking and cycling, promote social distancing and reduce non-local through-traffic on these streets, including traffic trying to take short-cuts to avoid Green Lanes and Stoke Newington Church Street.

Have your say: https://rebuildingagreenerhackney.commonplace.is/schemes/proposals/clissold/details

End to roadworks

Roadworks at the junctions of Hackney Road and Mare Street, and Northwold Road and Upper Clapton Road have been causing delays in each area for a number of weeks.

The Thames Water roadworks in Clapton are expected to end on 28 October, and the TfL roadworks at Cambridge Heath are expected to end by the end of next week.

Once these roadworks are completed, our traffic monitoring will be able to take into account the effect new low traffic neighbourhoods in London Fields and Hackney Downs have had on traffic levels - which have been at pre-lockdown levels or above in some areas of the capital. We will take further action, such as requesting that TfL amend traffic light timings, to mitigate congestion if necessary.

Please continue to have your say on all of our plans to Rebuilding a Greener Hackney, which we’ll take into account, alongside traffic monitoring, before any decision is made on whether to make them permanent.