The Covid-19 pandemic has changed how people in Camden live, travel and work. We want our streets to have more safe space for everyone to walk and cycle, for children to get to and from school safely and healthily, for businesses to be able to flourish, to reduce carbon emissions from vehicles and for you to be breathing cleaner air.
We want to ensure that our streets support a strong recovery from the pandemic and a lasting legacy of greener, safer, healthier travel with places for people to spend time in and enjoy.
In 2020, the Council temporarily closed the slip road to motor traffic at South End Road, removed a parking bay and relocated the bus stand for route 168, in order to create a new, traffic free public space. This enabled businesses there to offer safe outdoor dining on the road (a 'Streatery') during the pandemic while social distancing rules limited opportunities for indoor seating; it also made it safer for pedestrians to cross the road to access the Green.
To accommodate these changes, the loading bay outside no.3 Elm Terrace was moved 9 metres eastwards to facilitate the extension of bus stop B on Elm Terrace with a reduction in the length of the paid-for parking places next to the loading bay.
We are now proposing further changes at South End Green to permanently improve the public realm and road safety, as well as opportunities for a Streatery.
We are now proposing the following permanent measures:
- close the slip road on South End Road to motor traffic, and retain access for cyclists in both directions;
- remove the paid for parking bay on the slip road;
- relocate the bus stand for route 168 from the slip road on South End Road to the other side of the Green, on South End Close, alongside the bus stand for route 24.
Closing the slip road would create a new public space for community use, including a Streatery; it would also address a long-standing local concern about air quality and noise, and mitigate the inhospitable environment caused by standing buses.
In addition we are proposing the following changes:
To improve road safety we propose creating three new zebra crossings:
In addition, we also propose changes to road edges to allow vehicles to manoeuvre more easily through the area following the slip road closure.
Further proposal details to accommodate these changes can be found in the Related Section (at the bottom of this page).
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. 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.
Share
Share on Twitter Share on Facebook