CS11 Plans - Regents Park

I just got this email:

Dear Respondent,

Thank you for responding to the consultation on Cycle Superhighway 11 (CS11).

From 8 February to 20 March 2016, we consulted on detailed proposals for CS11 between Swiss Cottage and the West End.

In August 2016, we published our factual Consultation Report, which described the consultation process and highlighted the issues most frequently raised during consultation.

As we reported in August, we received 6,270 responses to the consultation, of which 60 per cent supported (53%) or partially supported (7%) our proposals, while 37 per cent did not support the scheme and 3 per cent said they were not sure or did not give an opinion.

Following consultation, we held a series of meetings with stakeholders including local boroughs, The Royal Parks, campaign groups (both in favour of and against the scheme) and residents’ associations. We also attended meetings with MPs and local councillors. These meetings were an opportunity to discuss some of the issues that were raised during consultation and share ideas about how we might be able to respond to concerns.
Next steps

Having considered all responses to consultation, we have decided to proceed with the majority of the proposals as they were outlined during the CS11 consultation, with the following changes:

· Swiss Cottage: We have made a number of changes to the proposals in response to issues raised during consultation. There was concern among local residents that there would be an increase in the amount of motor traffic in some minor roads as a result of CS11. We have reviewed the designs and we now plan to allow motor traffic to make two turns that we had originally proposed to ban.

Traffic modelling indicates that allowing these turns will significantly reduce the amount of traffic reassigning into nearby minor roads. It will also improve access for local people who want to reach destinations to the west of Swiss Cottage.

However, allowing these turns will change the journey time impacts of the scheme, and some journey times for buses and motor traffic are predicted to increase, particularly for vehicles travelling east on Hilgrove Road. Because of this, we will be looking into whether it is possible to design the junction so that the right turn from Finchley Road into Hilgrove Road could be banned on a part-time basis.

The latest traffic modelling information is available on our website.
· The Regent’s Park: We will be doing further work on the proposals for The Regent’s Park before deciding on a way forward for this section of the route. To allow time for discussion and exploration of alternative measures, we will announce a way forward for this aspect of the CS11 scheme by summer 2017.

· Portland Place: We consulted on two options for Portland Place. Having considered the consultation responses we will be taking forward Option B, for segregated cycle lanes on Portland Place. We will now carry out detailed traffic modelling on this option and the design will be reviewed in the light of the outcomes of this modelling.

We have also made a number of other changes to the proposals in response to feedback. All of the changes are described in detail our Response to Issues Raised document, which also includes updated traffic modelling information, and is available on our website.

Subject to the formal Traffic Order process, our internal approvals and governance processes and those of the local highway authorities, we aim to start construction at Swiss Cottage in autumn 2017 with completion planned for 2018. We will write to affected properties before construction starts, and aim to minimise disruption wherever possible.

Yours faithfully
Mike-Cave-sig
Mike Cavenett
Consultation Team
Transport for London