Decision details

Central London Cycle Grid: Cycle Quietway Bayswater Road to Edgware Road

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for City Highways

Decision status: Implemented

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Westminster City Council, in partnership with Transport for London and other local authorities, is supporting the delivery of a proposed Central London Cycle Grid. This cycle grid is being funded under the Mayor of London's Vision for Cycling, a 10-year plan delivering cycling improvements across London. The plan includes a network of quietways and cycle superhighway routes, providing connected ways for cycling across central London.
The section of this route consulted on within the City of Westminster is approximately 3km in length. The streets affected by these proposals are:
Bayswater Road
Ossington Street
Palace Court
Moscow Road
Hereford Road
Prince’s Square
Kensington Gardens Square
Porchester Gardens
Porchester Terrace
Craven Hill Gardens
Craven Hill
Craven Road
Westbourne Terrace
Sussex Gardens
Norfolk Crescent
Burwood Place

This quietway will intersect with the proposed East-West cycle superhighway at Westbourne Terrace and proposals are being coordinated. To the west, this quietway will extend into the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), and proposals are currently being consulted on by RBKC - view their proposals. To the east, this quietway will connect to a complementary cycle route from Edgware Road to Fitzrovia, which was consulted on in October 2015.

Decision:

Notice is hereby given that the Cabinet Member for Sustainability and Parking has made the following executive decision on the above mentioned subject for the reasons set out below.

 

Summary of Decision

 

1)    That the Cabinet Member reaffirmed the City Council’s support for the Quietway Bayswater to Edgware Road scheme, as part of the Central London Cycle Grid and agrees to it being implemented, subject to TfL funding.

 

2)    That approval was granted to undertake design and implementation of the proposed Quietway Bayswater to Edgware Road scheme, as part of the Central London Cycle Grid.

 

3)    That the Cabinet Member gave delegated authority to the Executive Director for City Management and Communities to agree final scheme proposals and to enter into any necessary legal agreements with Transport for London, in consultation with the Cabinet Member.

 

4)    That the Cabinet Member gave delegated authority to the Executive Director for City Management and Communities to make any requisite traffic regulation orders associated with the scheme.

 

5)    That the Cabinet Member approved capital expenditure in the sum of £2,731,540 to cover the full costs of the scheme including initial design, detailed design, and construction.

 

 

Reasons for Decision

 

The proposed scheme will contribute to the Council’s City for All objectives. It is intended that this scheme will:

·           Provide legible and safer routes for cycle traffic.

·           Improve the public realm, pedestrian facilities and carriageway resurfacing.

·           Improve health. This will be achieved in part by encouraging more everyday journeys to be made by active transportation. Improvements to pedestrian facilities are also proposed as part of the scheme.

·           Encourage more people to cycle. This will be achieved by implementing a scheme suitable for all people who want to cycle in the area, particularly those wishing to avoid some of the busier, highly trafficked main roads.

·           Reduce CO2 emissions. This will be achieved in part by encouraging modal shift from private motor vehicles to bicycles.

·           Reduce overcrowding on public transport. This will be achieved in part by encouraging more journeys to be made by bicycle and/or by foot.

·           Provide a pedestrian link to Sussex Gardens “garden”.

 

 

Charlie Parker, Chief Executive,

Westminster City Hall,

64 Victoria Street

LONDON  SW1E 6QP

 

Publication Date:

 

Implementation Date:

 

17 January 2017

 

24 January 2017 at 5pm

Reference:

CMfS&P/21/2016-17

 

 

Publication date: 17/01/2017

Date of decision: 17/01/2017

Effective from: 25/01/2017

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