Oval Road - Proposed Pedestrian Improvement Works

Overview

The purpose of this consultation is to provide a safer street environment by reducing traffic speeds and providing level crossing points, but more significantly the proposed measures would cater for people with disabilities who access the new development.

The new raised junction would provide three new level crossing points to and from the 35 Oval Road development into Jamestown Road, which is a key route from Oval Road to Camden High Street.

The minor pavement and parking changes are proposed to accommodate the new pavement level crossing points and the raised junction.

The proposals are measures negotiated at the time of the planning application and are included in the Section 106 Agreement. The developer of 35 Oval Road will be funding any works as part of that agreement.

Why your views matter

We are seeking your views on the Council’s proposal to introduce a safer street environment by reducing traffic speeds and providing level crossing points on Oval Road at the junction with Jamestown Road.

The council proposes to improve the pedestrian environment by raising the road level to meet the current pavement levels which would form a raised junction. This raised junction would act as a large road hump to reduce traffic speeds and would provide three convenient pavement level

crossing points (see photograph overleaf which illustrates a typical raised junction). To accommodate the new raised junction minor parking and pavement changes will be needed. The footway will be widened up to 1 metre and there will be no loss of parking.

The proposed measures include:

1. Constructing a  raised junction on Oval Road at the junction with Jamestown Road.

2. Creating three new convenient pavement level pedestrian crossing points.

3. Widening of the pavement outside the newly redeveloped site at 35 Oval Road.