Weymouth Terrace in Haggerston LTN

After considering traffic and air quality data, alongside responses provided by residents to this Commonplace page, the Council has made a decision to make the Weymouth Terrace traffic filter permanent. See hackney.gov.uk/weymouth-terrace-ltn for the full decision report, including the engagement report which includes the results from this Commonplace page.

We will continue to monitor the effects of the filter and listen to feedback about the scheme. You can email comments to: streetscene.enquiries@hackney.gov.uk.

We are committed in our Transport Strategy to make Hackney’s roads safer for everyone living, working and visiting the borough. We aim to create an environment that will encourage more walking and cycling, improve air quality and reduce emissions in the borough. For further background to these measures, see the About the project page. To find out more about how we're maintaining access to properties, why we're acting so quickly and more, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page

A modal filter on Weymouth Terrace at its junction with Dunloe Street (west) , as shown on the drawing enclosed, has been installed. This type of modal filter eliminates through-traffic, including rat-running traffic trying to avoid queues along Hackney Road, to improve road safety and opportunities for social distancing for residents, pedestrians and cyclists in the area.

If you are a resident or business in the area and you have a motor vehicle, you are still able to drive to your home or business, but this may be via a different route.

Cyclists, emergency vehicles and refuse vehicles are able to pass through the traffic filters.

We introduced these measures from the week commencing 2 November 2020, using solid planters on either side of the road to reduce the carriageway width, but allowing enough space for cyclists and emergency and refuse vehicles to go through. Signs and road markings make it clear that regular vehicles cannot pass through. This filter is physically enforced with a lockable bollard which stops vehicles driving through while continuing to allow access for cycles, emergency and refuse services. Enforcement cameras may be installed at a later date. Implementation was expected to take up to one day.

Like any scheme, we would expect that it may take a couple of weeks to settle in before the full benefits to walking, cycling and traffic are seen.

Weymouth Terrace

This modal filter was being introduced using an experimental traffic order for a maximum period of 18 months, which means you can see how the filter works in practice before having your say.

The views of residents and businesses, including any suggested changes to how the scheme operates, will be taken into account before any decision on whether or not to make the measures permanent. This process is in line with specific guidance from Transport for London, and the Department for Transport, whose guidance states that: 'authorities should monitor and evaluate any temporary measures they install, with a view to making them permanent, and embedding a long-term shift to active travel as we move from restart to recovery’.

The experimental traffic order was advertised in the London Gazette and the Hackney Gazette on 22 October 2020.

The initial engagement period on this scheme ran until 21 April 2021, however we are extending this until 19 December 2021 to allow as many people as possible to have their say.

To have your say, please complete the survey below or email streetscene.consultations@hackney.gov.uk . You can also write to us by sending your comments to ‘Freepost Streetscene’.