06 March 2017
Enfield Council has published the following information about parking along the A105 for disabled people.
Disabled parking on the A105 scheme
We are aware concerns were raised over the cycle lane reducing the availability of parking spaces and preventing people with disabilities transported by private vehicles gaining access in certain areas. We also understand the concerns that the cycle lane could restrict the dial-a-ride from operating at locations such as the Ruth Winston Centre.
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05 March 2017
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24 February 2017
Cycle Enfield's latest consultation and construction update
Below is a brief description of the progress of work in each of the area we are currently working. It is not an exhaustive list and may be subject to change due to adverse weather conditions.
Green Dragon Lane to York Road
Most substantive work on this section is complete. Additional tree planting will take place until mid-March.
Borden Avenue to Walnut Grove
We will be removing and replacing a bus shelter, completing drainage.......
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17 February 2017
The following information is taken from the latest Cycle Enfield newsletter. Dates may affected by adverse weather.
Please note that there will be overnight road closures for resurfacing of the main carriageway in the vicinity of the big Sainsbury's store between 24th February and 3rd March
Green Dragon Lane to York Road
The next two weeks will see a variety of work including completing road line marking as well as the installation of a tree pit at Mason’s corner, .......
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08 February 2017
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08 February 2017
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03 February 2017
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01 February 2017
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31 January 2017
An online petition on the 38 Degrees website is calling on the Mayor of London to include the whole of Greater London in the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone, for it to cover all types of vehicle and for it to come into force by 2019.
The petition was created by Daniel Jones of Enfield Green Party.
“We call on the Mayor of London and Transport for London to introduce an Ultra Low Emission Zone for all vehicles to cover the whole of Greater London by 2019.”
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28 January 2017
The parent of a child at Oakthorpe Primary School is petitioning Enfield Council to improve pedestrian safety in the vinicity of the school, which is Tile Kiln Lane, near the junction with Chequers Way.
The online petition, on change.org, reads as follows:
Produce adequate road safety for Oakthorpe Primary School before a child is injured.
My child has been attending Oakthorpe Primary School on Tile Kiln Lane since September 2015 and very early on I noticed that there was a major problem.......
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25 January 2017
Air pollution levels in London and elsewhere in the UK have been alarmingly high since before the weekend. Yesterday central London registered the highest possible alert level: 10: Black. And the extremely high and dangerous levels reached outer London. 8: Red at sites in Enfield - a value associated with central London on particularly bad days.
Pollution peaks in London 23 Jan 2017 recorded by www.londonair.org.uk (Source: Evening Standard)
Calls for action are growing.......
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18 January 2017
Because of delays caused by the Cycle Enfield road works along the A105, the 329 bus is currently not running south of Wood Green station. This will allow frequencies to be retained between Palmers Green and Enfield. According to the TfL website, the route curtailment runs from 5th January to 30th March.
Southbound buses are terminating very close to the usual stop outside Wood Green station. However, buses towards Palmers Green on the 329 are not serving the northbound Wood.......
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14 December 2016
Waltham Forest's "village" traffic management schemes have been highly successful. Hopefully, Enfield's road planners will be equally ambitious when they restart work on Quieter Neighbourhoods.
As 2016 draws to a close it's good to see work finally under way to restore to people the freedom to travel along Green Lanes by bicycle safely and securely - a freedom that has been increasingly denied for the past fifty or sixty years. Of all ways of travelling, apart from walking,.......
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21 November 2016
Road Safety Week is the UK's biggest road safety event, coordinated annually by Brake and involving thousands of schools, organisations and communities each year.
Brake is a road safety charity that works to prevent road death and injury, make streets and communities safer, and supports the victims of road crashes. Brake founded Road Safety Week in 1997 as an annual event to raise awareness about road safety and promote steps that everyone can take to stop these needless deaths and.......
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20 November 2016
The Cecil Road/Church Street junction - an excerpt from the detailed drawingsMore information about the revised Enfield Town section of Cycle Enfield are now available on the Cycle Enfield website. See this earlier report for an overview of the new scheme.
The following downloads are now available on this page
Revised Option Design
Predictive Equalities Impact Assessment
Young People Summer Engagement Report
Design Surgery Report
Air Quality Assessment
Economic Impact Assessment.......
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19 November 2016
In the run up to the publication of the Government's Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, a new report from the Urban Transport Group (which represents the UK's largest urban transport authorities) sets out the fivefold economic benefits of investing in active travel.
Click here to download the full reportThe benefits are:
Health costs: physical inactivity is estimated to cost the NHS of £1.06 billion per year.
Economic value of trips: ten billion annual journeys are undertaken in.......
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09 November 2016
Revised Proposals and Timetable
Summary and map on Cycle Enfield website
January 2017: Exhibition of revised proposals and community co-design workshops for enhanced public realm
Spring 2017: Statutory consultation to capture any final issues that may impact upon the design
Enfield Council has today revealed its revised proposals for implementing its Cycle Holland vision in the centre of Enfield Town.
The new scheme retains the existing one-way system for cars, buses and.......
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28 October 2016
The Mayor of London has launched the second phase of his consultation on proposed measures to improve air quality in the Capital.
The consultation phase, which runs until 18 December, invites the public to comment on detailed proposals for an Emission Surcharge payable by drivers whose vehicles do not meet stipulated conditions when driving in the Congestion Zone. It also asks for feedback on the possible earlier introduction of an Ultra Low Emissions Zone and its possible enlargement to.......
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15 October 2016
Roadworks aren't usually popular with residents. So workers in Ridge Avenue, Winchmore Hill, had a surprise on Friday morning when local parents came to say “Thank you for the bike lanes”, bringing with them a cooked breakfast.
Palmers Green residents Clare Rogers, Claire Brady and Maggie Westhead, who all have children at schools in the borough, brought bacon rolls, pastries, tea, coffee and fruit juice for the workers' 10am tea break. They also displayed a homemade “Thank.......
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