Click on the image to enlargeEnfield Council is planning to create a cycle quietway to provide a safer route between Palmers Green and Edmonton. The scheme also includes measures to improve pedestrian safety in the Hoppers Road area.
Quietway Link 02 will connect the Palmers Green end of Hoppers Road with the Haselbury area of Edmonton, providing links to the cycle track along the A10 Great Cambridge Road and another quietway between Haselbury and Edmonton Green. The route will run via Barrowell Green and Firs Farm Park.
Measures to improve the safety of cyclists and pedestrians include:
- footway buildouts (incorporating rain gardens) in Hoppers Road and Stonard Road to reduce road width
- a continuous footway across the junction of Hoppers Road and Stonard Road
- a ban on parking on the corners of Stonard Road, Avondale Road, Meadowcroft Road, Eaton Park Road and Lytton Avenue
- cycle-friendly road humps to reduce vehicle speeds along Barrowell Green
- widening of the pavement where Barrowell Green runs alongside the playing fields to create a pedestrian/cyclist shared space (this stretch of Barrowell Green is little used by pedestrians but is hazardous for cyclists because of the bend in the road)
- a new raised pedestrian/cyclist crossing across Firs Lane.
Between Firs Lane and the A10 the route uses the new path across Firs Farm Park (lighting will be provided to allow its use at night). Cyclists will be able to use the underpass beneath the Great Cambridge Road. The route continues via Deansway towards Quietway Link 03 on Haselbury Road, which provides a link to Edmonton Green.
The council is inviting residents to comment on its plans. Residents' views will be used to help shape the design for the scheme before a formal consultation is carried out later this year. Details of the proposals and a form for submitting comments can be found on the Cycle Enfield website under the title "Firs Lane Neighbourhood. The deadline for comments is 5 August.
