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Improving Enfield Town: Updated plans revealed
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31 Jul 2022 00:10 6554
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Project page on the Let's Talk Enfield website
Communications, engagement and consultation plan
Equality impact assessment (EqIA)
Previous Enfield Town improvement project reporting on PGC
- Success for Enfield Town liveable neighbourhood funding bid (6 March 2019)
- Enfield Town consultation progresses to next stage (16 September 2020)
- Enfield Town plans revealed (24 October 2020)
- Enfield Town improvement project - what people have told the council (17 June 2021)
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Improving Enfield Town: Updated plans revealed
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17 Aug 2022 15:27 6555
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The webinar about the Enfield Town scheme that took place on 2nd August can be watched below:
The webinar is long (90 minutes) but well worth the time to watch, because it adds a lot more detail to what's been published previously.
The webinar is long (90 minutes) but well worth the time to watch, because it adds a lot more detail to what's been published previously.
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Improving Enfield Town: Updated plans revealed
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17 Aug 2022 22:56 6556
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One of the questions that is addressed by healthy streets team head Richard Eason in the video above [
see post #6555)
is potential problems with funding (starting at 8 minutes 56 seconds in).
Enfield Council bid for and won funding for the Enfield Town improvements scheme from Transport for London's Liveable Neighbourhoods pot of money back in 2019. When the pandemic hit, the funding from this programme was put on hold. Since 2010 TfL has been receiving emergency top-ups from the government to allow it to continue running tube, train, tram and bus services - these were previously funded mainly from fares, but the big drop-off in passengers reduced revenue sharply. At the time of writing, that emergency funding has ceased and TfL is using up its reserves to keep operating. Eventually, there will either be a new government funding package or big cuts in bus and tube services. If the latter, then there will probably be no funding for public realm and active travel schemes and money for road repairs will also be in very short supply.
Last month I emailed the Healthy Streets team at the council with some questions about what would happen should funding not be forthcoming. I received two similar but not identical sets of answers this week - see below. (Questions in bold, one set of answers in normal font, the other in italics where significantly different.)
Are you able to say how much all changes would cost?
As mentioned, some elements of the scheme represent a long term ambition and designs were developed for all elements to ensure holistic approach. To deliver all changes over the next few years, it is anticipated it would cost circa £17M. The ‘core’ scheme (excluding Willow Road junction, Library Green and a few other elements of the scheme) is anticipated to cost circa £14M-£15M.
What do you think would happen in the following scenerios?
1. No more money is made available by TfL (eg if they fail to reach a settlement with the government) so you only have the £5 million?
As mentioned in the presentation, a staged approach will be taken to deliver selected elements of the scheme, for example the ‘off highways’ elements.
Having a whole project designed will assist with securing additional funds over time.
2. Only a disappointingly small amount is provided?
As above, we would look at which other elements can be delivered independently as ‘quick wins’.
3. A substantial amount, but not all that you ask for, is provided?
Highways elements (signals and carriageway changes) must largely be delivered as one element due to the nature of traffic infrastructure and how traffic operates via the town centre. We would consider options based on the funding gap left should substantial, but not all, funding was available from TfL.
Significant TfL investment is necessary to enable the transformation we hope to see in the highway elements of the project. In many cases, alterations to junctions need to be delivered collectively due to the nature of traffic infrastructure and how traffic operates via the town centre. We would consider options based on the funding gap left should substantial, but not all, funding be available from TfL.
Under those scenarios, what would your priorities be on spending the money? Eg cycle lanes, wider pavements, more pedestrian crossings, the new square? This
This will depend on the amount of funding available and what elements can be separated and delivered sooner as part of the staged approach.
In terms of priorities, that work ongoing and will then be subject to the normal decision making process by elected members. However pedestrian improvements are a priority and if the full funding is not available, improvements to the public realm are certainly something that can be more easily delivered incrementally.
Enfield Council bid for and won funding for the Enfield Town improvements scheme from Transport for London's Liveable Neighbourhoods pot of money back in 2019. When the pandemic hit, the funding from this programme was put on hold. Since 2010 TfL has been receiving emergency top-ups from the government to allow it to continue running tube, train, tram and bus services - these were previously funded mainly from fares, but the big drop-off in passengers reduced revenue sharply. At the time of writing, that emergency funding has ceased and TfL is using up its reserves to keep operating. Eventually, there will either be a new government funding package or big cuts in bus and tube services. If the latter, then there will probably be no funding for public realm and active travel schemes and money for road repairs will also be in very short supply.
Last month I emailed the Healthy Streets team at the council with some questions about what would happen should funding not be forthcoming. I received two similar but not identical sets of answers this week - see below. (Questions in bold, one set of answers in normal font, the other in italics where significantly different.)
Are you able to say how much all changes would cost?
As mentioned, some elements of the scheme represent a long term ambition and designs were developed for all elements to ensure holistic approach. To deliver all changes over the next few years, it is anticipated it would cost circa £17M. The ‘core’ scheme (excluding Willow Road junction, Library Green and a few other elements of the scheme) is anticipated to cost circa £14M-£15M.
What do you think would happen in the following scenerios?
1. No more money is made available by TfL (eg if they fail to reach a settlement with the government) so you only have the £5 million?
As mentioned in the presentation, a staged approach will be taken to deliver selected elements of the scheme, for example the ‘off highways’ elements.
Having a whole project designed will assist with securing additional funds over time.
2. Only a disappointingly small amount is provided?
As above, we would look at which other elements can be delivered independently as ‘quick wins’.
3. A substantial amount, but not all that you ask for, is provided?
Highways elements (signals and carriageway changes) must largely be delivered as one element due to the nature of traffic infrastructure and how traffic operates via the town centre. We would consider options based on the funding gap left should substantial, but not all, funding was available from TfL.
Significant TfL investment is necessary to enable the transformation we hope to see in the highway elements of the project. In many cases, alterations to junctions need to be delivered collectively due to the nature of traffic infrastructure and how traffic operates via the town centre. We would consider options based on the funding gap left should substantial, but not all, funding be available from TfL.
Under those scenarios, what would your priorities be on spending the money? Eg cycle lanes, wider pavements, more pedestrian crossings, the new square? This
This will depend on the amount of funding available and what elements can be separated and delivered sooner as part of the staged approach.
In terms of priorities, that work ongoing and will then be subject to the normal decision making process by elected members. However pedestrian improvements are a priority and if the full funding is not available, improvements to the public realm are certainly something that can be more easily delivered incrementally.
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Improving Enfield Town: Engagement period extended
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28 Sep 2022 23:10 6593
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The Enfield Town consultation has been extended until 9th October and some additional drop-in events have been added. See below.
Engagement extended until 9th October 2022
24 Sep 2022
Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, Enfield Council cancelled two events that were scheduled to take place for the Enfield Town project, namely:
We have rescheduled these events and extended the opportunity to take part in this project. We would like to invite you to speak to the project team about the proposals for Enfield Town at one of the following rescheduled events:
The opportunity to take the survey and view the exhibition of proposals for Enfield Town at Enfield Town Library will now end on Sunday 9 October 2022.
Tell us what you think by taking the survey
We encourage you to view the plans at the library or online at https://letstalk.enfield.gov.uk/EnfieldTown , and let us know what you think about how they respond to the Design Principles that were established following earlier conversations with the community (see link above for more information).
The survey also offers an opportunity to provide suggestions for the proposed sensory garden in the Library Green, and suggest a name for the new public space located at the junction of Church Street and Little Park Gardens (near Nationwide Building Society). Those who suggest a name for the new public space will go into the draw to win £300 to spend in Enfield! Take the survey at https://letstalk.enfield.gov.uk/EnfieldTown .
Engagement extended until 9th October 2022
24 Sep 2022
Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, Enfield Council cancelled two events that were scheduled to take place for the Enfield Town project, namely:
- Pop-up at the Market Square scheduled for Friday 9th September 2022; and
- Drop-in session at the Library Green scheduled for 10th September 2022
We have rescheduled these events and extended the opportunity to take part in this project. We would like to invite you to speak to the project team about the proposals for Enfield Town at one of the following rescheduled events:
- Pop-up at the Market Square on Friday 7 October 2022 from 1pm – 4pm
- Drop-in session at the Library Green to discuss the proposed sensory garden on Saturday 8 October 2022 from 10am – 1pm
The opportunity to take the survey and view the exhibition of proposals for Enfield Town at Enfield Town Library will now end on Sunday 9 October 2022.
Tell us what you think by taking the survey
We encourage you to view the plans at the library or online at https://letstalk.enfield.gov.uk/EnfieldTown , and let us know what you think about how they respond to the Design Principles that were established following earlier conversations with the community (see link above for more information).
The survey also offers an opportunity to provide suggestions for the proposed sensory garden in the Library Green, and suggest a name for the new public space located at the junction of Church Street and Little Park Gardens (near Nationwide Building Society). Those who suggest a name for the new public space will go into the draw to win £300 to spend in Enfield! Take the survey at https://letstalk.enfield.gov.uk/EnfieldTown .
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