As Mini Holland starts to bite more and more people are being inconvenienced and their time is being wasted. Having to visit the Royal London Hospital today I called the cab for 9.30am in the hope I would make my 11am appointment. We were well ahead of schedule when we reached the Mile End Road, but Boris's bike lanes soon slowed us down to less than walking speed. The closer to the hospital we got the more congested Mile End Road became. We arrived with 20mins to spare.
One of the key findings which should not be repeated in WF is the cycle lane cones are in place all along Mile End Road even though we saw very little sign of work. It is vital, if the traffic is to flow, that only small sections of road are worked on at a time and 24 hour working should be introduced. It is better to have a few nights of disturbed sleep than the chaos the Mile End Road is in now.
Is this really what Mile End Road will look like?
Where are the jams?
A green royal family?
Public Meeting
Not everyone agrees with the cyclists
Another design failure
Valid safety concerns!!
From Stells Creasy MP:
Mini Holland: Letter to Council and Details of Further Affected Areas
In last week's enewsletter I updated residents on my concerns regarding the implementation of the Mini Holland scheme in Walthamstow. You can now read the letter I wrote to the Council online here. Please be aware that as well as the changes already introduced to the Walthamstow Village area and Lea Bridge area, there are now also consultation proposals out for response regarding changes to road layouts, closures and route directions for the Hoe Street/ Wood Street area (eg. between Forest Road and Church Hill Road) and also for the Blackhorse Road area (e.g. around Pretoria Ave, Palmerston Road, Forest Road etc).
The Council is also beginning to develop plans for the Markhouse/Queens Road area of Walthamstow too. You can find out more about all these plans on the council's dedicated 'Mini Holland' Website which is here:
If you live in either the Hoe St/Wood Street area or the Blackhorse Road area and have not received the formal consultation documents please let my office know and we will share these with you. You can also directly contact the Mini Holland team at the Council via their website.
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