In October/November 2021 we ran a consultation on the changes we proposed for this area. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their views. We had over 140 responses to our consultation and you can read the decision report relating to this which includes our feedback to the responses.
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed how communities in Camden live, travel and work. We want to transform our streets, so they have more safe space for everyone to walk and cycle, for children to get to and from school safely, for you to be breathing cleaner air, to reduce carbon emissions from road transport and for businesses to flourish. We want to ensure that our streets support recovery from the pandemic and provide a lasting legacy of greener, safer, healthier travel helping us to deliver our wide Transport Strategy objectives.Transport strategies and plans - Camden Council
To help we have been making changes across Camden in our Safe and Healthy Streets Programme. This included making trial changes on Millfield Lane in June 2020 to reduce traffic and make it safer for people to walk and cycle while observing social distancing, and to improve air quality.
A motor vehicle restriction was installed on Millfield Lane, at the junction with Merton Lane, to prevent drivers travelling south, except for cyclists. In addition, 1 parking space was removed at the southern end of Millfield Lane, on the northbound approach to the bend, to improve sight lines for drivers and pedestrians; a further 15 metres of parking (3 spaces) were removed outside Millfield Cottage to provide a safe space for pedestrians to walk, initially protected by barriers.
These changes were implemented using an Experimental Traffic Order (ETO) for a trial period of 18 months. As promised, we are now consulting on whether this scheme should be made permanent when the trial ends.
Monitoring
During the trial period we have been collecting monitoring data which can be viewed in detail in the monitoring factsheet in the Related section at the bottom of this page. Headlines include:
Feedback
During the trial, residents and local stakeholders provided feedback on the scheme and we are proposing some additional options and changes to the trial to respond to the key concerns raised. The feedback is summarised in the Information Sheet in the Related section at the bottom of this page.
What we are now consulting on
This consultation now asks local residents and stakeholders to give their views on whether the scheme should be made permanent after the 18-month trial period ends. We are also asking local residents and stakeholders to give their views on some proposed amendments to the scheme to improve road safety for all road users and based on the feedback received during the trial. The proposals include the following measures:
In addition, we propose amendments to the scheme to improve road safety for all road users, as follows:
We are also proposing options to address residents’ concerns and feedback received during the trial:
Option 1: Making Merton Lane one-way (eastbound only) and amendments to parking provision
Option 2: Keeping Merton Lane two-way and amendments to parking provision
You can view the drawings of the proposed retention of the existing scheme and changes in the Related section at the bottom of this page.
The proposals aim to address some of the concerns raised by residents' feedback during the trial and help to improve safety for all road users. Subject to this public consultation and a decision on whether to make the trial permanent, officers will continue to monitor the scheme.
The previous changes were implemented as a trial under an Experimental Traffic Order (ETO) for 18 months. We committed to undertaking a public consultation after around 12 months of the trial scheme to seek the views of local residents and stakeholders on making the trial scheme permanent after the 18-month trial period.
Your views are important in providing feedback both on the proposed scheme as a whole and elements of it, and we would therefore welcome your responses on the pages that follow. To view the plans and find out more about each proposal, click on the links in the Related section at the bottom of this page.
The Council will be pleased to hear your views on the proposals as well as any alternative suggestions or objections you may have to any aspect of what we are proposing.
What Happens Next
After the consultation, a decision report will be produced and published online via our website. Local residents and stakeholders will be notified of the outcome. The report will consider a broad range of information including consultation responses, feedback received during the trial period, relevant policies and other data/information including monitoring information collected during the trial period.
All of this information will be considered in making a recommendation in the report about whether, at the end of the trial period, the experimental scheme should be made permanent, modified, or allowed to lapse.
As the consultation is now closed,your views, and those of everyone who contributes to this consultation, will be analysed and considered, alongside relevant data available on the scheme and in light of how the scheme aligns with our current policy objectives, in order to put forward recommendations on whether to proceed with the proposals. As part of the processing of the data your responses will be confidentially shared with Sustrans who are undertaking data analysis on our behalf. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/legal/privacy A summary of this analysis will be provided in the decision report, and will be made available on the Camden Council website in due course.
If you have any other ideas for improvements to make travel safer and healthier in this area, please go to Safe Travel Camden Map to make some suggestions.
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