More details about our proposals

We would like to improve the street environments outside important places in the neighbourhood so that they can be enjoyed by everyone.

Improvements could include:

• Repairing damaged pavements to make it easier to walk and wheel 
• Improvements to crossings, 
• Introducing seating to allow people to sit and rest 
• Introducing greening such as planting and trees to help improve air quality and create a nicer environment
• Installing cycle parking 

We are proposing to introduce such improvements at the following shopping and hospitality destinations:

1. The junction of Mackenzie Road and Westbourne Road
2. Roman Way, near the junction with Mackenzie Road
3. Westbourne Road between the junctions with Bride Street and Ellington Street
4. The junction of Offord Road with Roman Way and Hemingford Road 
5. Liverpool Road between Richmond Avenue and Barnsbury Street
6. Theberton Street

The map below shows the approximate locations of these improvements.Proposed locations for improvements to the street 

The images below show examples of the kinds of measures that could be introduced.

Example planting beds with trees and seating 

Parklet with planting, seating and cycle parking

 

We also want to make sure that everyone can access important places in the neighbourhood safely and enjoyably by walking, wheeling, and cycling. To do this, we are proposing to:

• Build a route for walking, wheeling, and cycling between The Cally and Barnsbury and Laycock via Lofting Road and Bridgeman Road. This route will connect many important places including Thornhill Primary School with the future green spaces on Bridgeman Road, Tilloch Street and Freeling Street.
• Upgrade cycleways in the area such as Cycle Way 38 
• Improve the existing traffic filters on Bride Street, Crane Grove, Laycock Street, Brooksby Street and Bridgeman Road to ensure that they can be used safely by everyone including people in mobility scooters and adapted cycles.

The images below show examples of the kinds of measures that could be introduced, and the map shows the approximate locations of these improvements.

Crossing with planting 

Quieter streets for safe cycling

Proposed locations for upgraded cycleways, improvements to existing traffic filters, and a new walking, wheeling, and cycling route between The Cally and Barnsbury and Laycock*

*The map was updated on 18 Sep at 09:58.

We have developed options for traffic filtering to reduce the volume of traffic on local streets within the neighbourhood. You can see details of the proposed filters below.

All addresses within the proposed Barnsbury and Laycock Liveable Neighbourhood will be accessible by motor vehicle. Some journeys may however need to take a different route to reach certain addresses.

What are traffic filters?

Traffic filters are closure points in the street which prevent motor traffic from cutting through local streets in our neighbourhoods.

They create quiet, safe streets with low volumes of traffic where children can play and people can enjoy spending time and are encouraged to travel by walking and cycling. 

Example of a traffic filter in the St Mary’s Church area 

Traffic filtering schemes are designed to ensure that all addresses that can currently be reached by motor vehicles, can still be reached by motor vehicle once the scheme is in place. Some journeys may however need to take different routes to reach certain addresses.

Our traffic filters are normally enforced by traffic cameras. These cameras read vehicle number plates and issue fine to vehicles who drive through the road closure points without an agreed exemption.

“No motor vehicles” traffic regulation sign displayed at traffic filters 

Our monitoring of previous traffic filtering schemes in the borough indicates that there has been an average decrease in traffic volumes by 64% and decrease in traffic speeds by 79%, on local streets within scheme areas. Our monitoring has also shown that on boundary roads around these scheme areas there has been an average decrease in traffic volumes by 3% and decrease of speeds by 3%. 

You can find our full monitoring reports under each scheme’s heading on our website. 

Exemptions to traffic filters

Certain vehicles will be exempt from the camera-enforced traffic filters in order to carry out necessary journeys. These include emergency services vehicles, buses, refuse collection vehicles, Special Educational Needs transport. We also offer exemptions for Blude Badge Holders and people with an Individual Exemption. You can find more information on our website.  

Some traffic filters are physical closure points in the road, for example using bollards or planters. In these instances, no motor vehicles will be able to pass through the closure point. There are several existing traffic filters which use physical barriers in the Barnsbury and Laycock area.

Traffic filtering in Barnsbury and Laycock Liveable Neighbourhood

The proposed traffic filters are detailed below and also shown on the map.

• Introducing a ‘no entry’ into Morgan Road from Palmer Place as well as a banned right turn from Morgan Road onto Palmer Place
• Installing camera-enforced traffic filters on:
  1. Furlong Road, between junction with Orleston Road and junction with Crane Grove. This requires removing the existing banned turns at the junctions of Furlong Road and Holloway Road and Digswell Street and Holloway Road
  2. Theberton Street, at the junction with Upper Street
  3. Islington Park Street, at the junction with Liverpool Road
  4. Barnsbury Street, east of the junction with Milner Square
  5. Sheringham Road, west of the junction with Crossley Street
  6. Roman Way, north of the junction with Wheelwright Street
  7. Offord Road, west of the junction with Westbourne Road  
  8. Thornhill Road, south of the junction with Belitha Villas. This requires removing the ‘no entry’ sign at Belitha Villas
  9. Thornhill Road, north of the junction with Ripplevale Grove
  10. Lofting Road, east of junction with Hemingford Road
  11. Richmond Avenue, east of the junction with Caledonian Road
  12. Hemingford Road, north of the junction with Huntingdon Street and south of the junction with Belitha Villas
  13. Westbourne Road, south of the junction with Bride Street
  14. Copenhagen Street, east of the junction with Barnsbury Road. This requires reversing the one way on Cloudesley Place
  15. Installing a physical traffic filter on Lambert Street, at the junction with Ripplevale Grove. This requires making Lambert Street two-way and reversing the one-way on section of Ripplevale Grove which is west of Lambert Street.

Proposed traffic filter locations within the neighbourhood 

 

Accessing streets within the liveable neighbourhood

All addresses within the proposed Barnsbury and Laycock Liveable Neighbourhood will be accessible by motor vehicle. Some journeys may however need to take a different route to reach certain addresses.

The map below shows how a vehicles will need to access addresses within the liveable neighbourhoods’ sub areas. 

• Streets within the orange sub-area are accessed by Liverpool Road
• Streets within the pink sub-area are accessed by Caledonian Road
• Streets within the green sub-area are accessed by Upper Street/Holloway Road
• Streets within the blue sub-area are accessed by MacKenzie Road
• Streets within the purple sub-area are accessed by Copenhagen Street and Tolpuddle Street
• Streets within the yellow sub-area are accessed by Copenhagen Street

Access to sub-areas

 

 

As part of our proposals, Liverpool Road, Mackenzie Road and parts of Copenhagen Street will remain open to through-traffic to enable essential journeys by motor vehicle. 

We are committed to reducing the impact of motor traffic on these roads through major improvements in the short and long-term. 

Improvements which we could deliver in the short-term are detailed below and shown on the map. 

Liverpool Road

• Reducing east to west motor vehicle traffic using Liverpool Road as a cut-through by introducing traffic filters in key locations east and west of Liverpool Road as detailed in proposal 2.  
• Repairing footways and improving crossing points to make sure they are safe and accessible for everyone. 
• Better enforcement of the existing lorry ban.
• Introducing trees and on-street planting 

These interventions will build on the improvements to the area around the parade of shops on Liverpool Road between Richmond Avenue and Barnsbury Street detailed in proposal 1.

MacKenzie Road 

• Improving crossing points to make sure they are safe and accessible for everyone. 
• Repairing damage to the footway and introducing dropped kerbs to make it easier for everyone to walk and wheel safely on MacKenzie Road.

These interventions build on the improvements to the area around the shops on Mackenzie Road at the junction with Westbourne Road detailed in proposal 1.

Copenhagen Street (between Caledonian Road and Barnsbury Road)

• Repairing damage to the footway and introducing dropped kerbs and tactile paving at crossings to ensure that everyone can walk and wheel safely on Copenhagen Street.
• Improving the east-west cycle route on Copenhagen Street. 

The images below show examples of the kinds of measures that could be introduced.

Pavement build-outs and planting Improvements made to the environment on Orford Road in Walthamstow which remains open to through-trafficThe map below shows the approximate locations of these improvements.

Proposed improvements to roads which remain open to through-traffic