10 September 2015
The Cycle Enfield website includes the official responses to various criticisms of the A105 scheme. However, because people may not be aware of these, we are reproducing them here both to make them more widely known and to give readers an opportunity to comment and discuss them in our forums.
The following text is taken directly from Cycle Enfield without any amendment.
Why not use a different route?
Why put the route on the A105, why not use an alternative?
Some people have.......
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10 September 2015
The Cycle Enfield website includes the official responses to various criticisms of the A105 scheme. However, because people may not be aware of these, we are reproducing them here both to make them more widely known and to give readers an opportunity to comment and discuss them in our forums.
The following text is taken directly from Cycle Enfield without any amendment.
Impact on bus stops
A number of bus stops along the route would be changed – under current plans, six.......
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10 September 2015
The Cycle Enfield website includes the official responses to various criticisms of the A105 scheme. However, because people may not be aware of these, we are reproducing them here both to make them more widely known and to give readers an opportunity to comment and discuss them in our forums.
The following text is taken directly from Cycle Enfield without any amendment.
Impact on pedestrian crossings
There are many improvements proposed to improve crossings for pedestrians........
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10 September 2015
The Cycle Enfield website includes the official responses to various criticisms of the A105 scheme. However, because people may not be aware of these, we are reproducing them here both to make them more widely known and to give readers an opportunity to comment and discuss them in our forums.
The following text is taken directly from Cycle Enfield without any amendment.
Impact on parking
Enfield Council understand that car parking is an important component of our hight streets........
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08 September 2015
On the Cycle Enfield website the introductory page for the A105 consultation has been revised and now has a "visualisation" of how Palmers Green Triangle might look after implementation of the cycle lanes scheme. The option that is illustrated is the one that retains the Triangle traffic island.
As the Council has emphasised from the outset, the proposals include improvements not just for cyclists, but also for other road users. The Triangle proposals, for example, would provide.......
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12 August 2015
Enfield Council are consulting residents about proposals for a controlled parking zone in Palmerston Crescent. There is current and likely future pressure on parking in this street because of the ongoing "Deadmans Bridge" sewer replacement work, the new flats being built on the site of the former Town Hall and in the grounds of Truro House and the planned increase in the number of buses based at Palmers Green bus garage.
For fuller information, see the Bowes & Bounds Connected.......
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29 July 2015
The photograph below was taken by David March in Waterfall Road on Tuesday morning.
Considering the speed at which many drivers descend the hill, a similar incident was probably inevitable sooner or later.
It's only a few weeks since a driver turned his car over in Park Avenue, which is an entirely residential side street, not a race track.
Incidents of dangerous driving by "boy racers" occur frequently, probably several times a day. Why do we let them get away with it?.......
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22 July 2015
The exhibtion at the Fox last weekend marked the start of the 12-week consultation period during which members of the public are invited to give their views on the plans for cycle lanes between Enfield Town and Palmers Green.
Unfortunately, it's not as easy as it should be to find the relevant information on the Enfield Council website, so here's a short guide with direct links.
The start page for consultation is cycleenfield.co.uk/consultation/a105-scheme-consultation, where you can watch the.......
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21 June 2015
The next round of public consultation about the Cycle Enfield ("Mini-Holland") scheme for the A105 will start with an exhibition in July. There will then be a 12-week period in which members of the public can give their views online or on paper.
Cycle Enfield West timetable
Business Event – 16th July 2015Public Exhibition - 17th & 18th July 2015Public Consultation - 17th July to 9th Oct 2015 (12 weeks)"Pop-up" at Palmers Green Triangle - AugustStall at Palmers Green Festival.......
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14 June 2015
On 15 June the Cycle Enfield West Partnership Board will for the first time be able to discuss some specific proposals for the implementation of cycling improvements between Enfield Town and Palmers Green, using "Mini-Holland" money provided by Transport for London.
Members of the Partnership Board, which comprises representatives of many different community and interest groups, have been sent the draft designs for the changes to roads and pavements.
Making sense of the drawings requires.......
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10 June 2015
The Cycle Enfield West Partnership Board held its second meeting on 14th May. Alex Stebbings from Jacobs, the consultancy employed by the Council, briefed community representatives on the steps taken so far and the next steps. There was also an opportunity for members of the partnership board to ask questions and comment on the scheme.
Following analysis of various surveys (see below), "feasability designs" have been sent to Transport for London (TfL) for its initial comments. These.......
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29 April 2015
Enfield Council has published more information about the design concepts for the main Cycle Enfield ("Mini-Holland") routes, together with feedback from the consultations held at the Fox and other venues. There is still time to comment on the concepts before the next consultation phase begins in the summer.
Information from the Fox exhibition now online
The Cycle Enfield team have uploaded to their website the "opportunities plan" for the entire stretch of the A105 between Enfield Town.......
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28 April 2015
Enfield Council has written to businesses located along the A105 (Enfield Town-Bush Hill Parade-Winchmore Hill-Palmers Green) to reassure them that when implementing the "Mini-Holland" cycling scheme it will be taking account of their concerns about car parking, deliveries, bus services and accessibility for elderly and disabled customers.
The letter from the Council also promises special consultation events for businesses and outlines the remaining steps in the consultation and planning.......
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20 February 2015
On Wednesday the community website Love Your Doorstep (LYDS) invited Councillor Chris Bond to record an interview about Cycle Enfield/Mini Holland for later transmission on the locally based internet radio station Radio JJ.
Emma Rigby, the brains behind LYDS, used questions provided by her readers.
The recording will be streamed by Radio JJ this Sunday (22nd February) at 8pm. To listen to it, visit radiojj.co.uk/lyds........
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20 February 2015
Enfield Council has begun the first phase of consultation for a further Quieter Neighbourhood in the vicinity of Palmers Green: Fernleigh Road QN will comprise Hoppers Road and all roads to the east as far as, but not including, Green Lanes, plus Winchmore Hill Green and the area to its east as far as Green Lanes, including Compton Road and Station Road.
Residents will be sent a questionnaire but can also respond online - in fact, the Council are seeking responses from all members of.......
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16 February 2015
Work on the Fox Lane Quieter Neighbourhood has now moved on to the stage where selected residents are invited to participate in design workshops. Colin Younger attended a workshop on 10th February.
Following the presentation hosted by the Fox Lane and District Residents' Association, Enfield Traffic and Transport officers held a design workshop on 10th February at St Johns Church Hall. Overall this was a well-managed meeting and the discussions were good tempered.
About fifty residents.......
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12 February 2015
Bob Griffiths has kindly emailed copies of the key illustrations giving possible road layouts for Green Lanes. One is for stretches with little or no retail activity and one which might apply to Palmers Green where there are shops etc on both sides of the road. Each starts with an "as now" cross section, which is followed by possible layouts using the same overall shop frontage to shop frontage distance across the road so they are intended to be easily comparable.
Better quality versions of.......
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11 February 2015
Ahead of tomorrow's Cycle Enfield ("Mini-Holland") exhibition and consultation at the Fox (3pm to 8pm), Enfield Council have released a short video explaining the thinking behind the scheme.
The video also outlines further consultation stages.
To go to the YouTube pages, click on the picture above, or view the embedded video below........
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23 January 2015
The dates have been announced for the first public consultations about the planned Cycle Enfield/Mini Holland cycle routes. These will be "exhibitions" running from the afternoon to mid-evening. Members of the public will be able to call in, examine the plans, ask questions and feed back their initial views about the schemes. Later in the year there will be a "full and extensive public consultation".
The Palmers Green/Winchmore Hill consultation will be held at the Fox from 3pm to 8pm on.......
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18 January 2015
The campaigning group 20's Plenty for Us has published a document describing the status of various 20mph schemes throughout Greater London and the policy decisions (mainly from the Mayor of London's office) that have been leading to their becoming increasingly widespread throughout the capital.
A factor affecting policy was the rise in pedestrian and bicycle rider fatalities and serious injuries which was noted in 2011, reversing a prolonged reduction. Reacting to this, the GLA Transport.......
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