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Make the most of the Quieter Neighbourhoods opportunity

26 March 2017

If you live in an area that has already been leafleted, you have until the end of March to let the Council know what you think about Quieter Neighbourhoods The areas include "Fox Lane", "Connaught Gardens", some parts of Bush Hill Park and Winchmore Hill Better Streets for Enfield have drawn up some suggestions for making the most of this opportunity Is your neighbourhood affected by too much traffic? If it’s fast or heavy enough that you wouldn’t feel confident cycling.......

Improvement work in Lodge Drive car park

10 March 2017

Ringway Jacobs have sent the following letter to Palmers Green residents and business owners. Dear Resident / Business Owner, This letter is to inform you of work in your area as part of the Cycle Enfield project and the associated complimentary measures.Work to increase the number of parking bays within the Lodge Drive car park is due to take place from Monday the 6th of March until the end of April 2017. Work will take place primarily between 7am and 6pm Monday to Friday.Once the work.......

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Cycle Enfield construction update

10 March 2017

A105 Scheme Green Dragon Lane to York Road – Most substantive work on this section is complete. A zebra crossing will be commissioned next week. Borden Avenue to Walnut Grove – We have removed and replaced a bus shelter and completed the drainage. Some additional surfacing and lining work will take place during daytime hours. Work is expected to be complete by the end of March. Sainsbury’s Junction – We will be working on the traffic signals at the junction. Work.......

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Building respect for the areas where we live: the relaunch of Quieter Neighbourhoods

10 March 2017

Enfield Council has relaunched its Quieter Neighbourhoods (QNs) project, an important element of its Mini Holland bid which has been on hold since early 2015. Leaflets will soon be posted through doors of people living in the first areas to be surveyed and it is already possible to fill in an online Residents' Perception Survey. The thinking behind the QNs schemes is summed up on the Cycle Enfield website: We're working with residents to make their streets quieter and safer. By.......

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Cycle Enfield: Disabled parking along the A105

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. We.......

Healthy Streets for London

05 March 2017

Healthy Streets for London, published last month by Transport for London, is an important document which outlines in broad terms the strategy that will be adopted by the Mayor of London and his Walking and Cycling Commissioner in order to increase "active travel" by people living and working in London. The health benefits of daily activity are shown in the diagram. Conversely, the disbenefits stemming from current inadequate amounts of activity among the general population are.......

A105 cycle lanes construction update

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.......

A105 cycle lanes construction update

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, .......

What a street in a Quieter Neighbourhood might look like

08 February 2017

As reported earlier, Enfield Council will resume work on creating Quieter Neighbourhoods with the next few weeks. Although the residents-led workshop approach will now not be used and the Council will be coming up with proposals and seeking feedback, this still leaves room for residents to float their own ideas before the Council sets out theirs. One resident of Old Park Road has done just that, and has produced some concept visualisations designed to spark up discussions with.......

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Quieter Neighbourhoods planning work to resume soon

08 February 2017

Now that construction of cycle lanes is finally under way, Enfield Council will shortly be making announcements about the other important aspect of its Cycle Enfield/Mini Holland project - measures to set up a network of Quieter Neighbourhoods throughout the borough. Two of the planned Quieter Neighbourhoods in Palmers Green. Click on the map to enlargeWork on developing Quieter Neighbourhoods - involving measures to reduce the amount of traffic in residential side streets, and in.......

Six new trees for Palmers Green Triangle

03 February 2017

The latest news about the Triangle from Richard Eason, Cycle Enfield Consultation Manager, is that the plans include six new trees. Five of these are intended to be ‘heavy standard’ trees (three located around HSBC and two by Starbucks). The sixth tree will be a semi-mature tree to be placed in the middle of the triangle. So essentially as captured in the attached visualisation, though the positioning of the clock is yet to be agreed. Work on the triangle is currently scheduled.......

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Cycle Enfield: Work to start in Palmers Green imminently

01 February 2017

According to a letter delivered to homes in the vicinity of the A105, Cycle Enfield construction work in Palmers Green was due to start "by late January 2017" between Lodge Drive and Osborne Road. Work on this section would continue until June. 17th January 2017 Cycle Enfield construction on the A105 This letter is to inform you of work in your area to construct the A105 cycle lane. Work on the upcoming sections of the cycle route (between Lodge Drive and Osborne Road and also.......

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Tackling air pollution in Enfield

01 February 2017

Caroline Russell writes about the Clean Air for Enfield meeting that took place at Bowes School on 12th January.

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Petition calls for ultra-low emissions zone to include the whole of London

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.” Why is this important?.......

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Parents petition for road safety measures near Oakthorpe Primary School

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.......

"Black" air quality alert - time for action!

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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329 bus temporarily curtailed at Wood Green

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.......

The success of Walthamstow's "villages" shows the potential of Enfield's Quieter Neighbourhoods

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,.......

This week is Road Safety Week

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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Further details of Enfield Town cycle lanes proposals

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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