Gordon Road Improvements: Proposals to improve walking, cycling and bus services
The main consultation has finished, and the scheme has been implemented.
The left-turn ban for motor traffic at the junction of Haven Green with Gordon Road was constructed with temporary materials in April 2022. There is now (December 2022) an opportunity to comment on whether this ban should be reversed or retained – see below.
Background
In 2019 the council ran a series of community engagement events to understand the views of residents to help develop proposals for a new walking and cycling route from Ealing Broadway to Pitshanger Park. The majority of participants were keen to make it easier to walk and cycle in the neighbourhood.
Funding was then secured from Transport for London (TfL) to develop plans, and after further public engagement a scheme was implemented on Gordon Road in 2021 and early 2022.
Description of the scheme:
- A new walking and cycling Zebra crossing on Gordon Road near to the junction with St Leonard’s Road.
- A new Zebra crossing on Gordon Road close to the junction with Longfield Avenue.
- A new Zebra crossing on St. Leonard’s Road South, close to the junction with Gordon Rd.
- Conversion of existing mini roundabout at St Leonard’s Road to a standard junction with priority for Gordon Road traffic including the E1 bus service.
- Construction of new walking and cycling space with low-level planting on the south side of the junction of Gordon Road and Spring Bridge Road (partly implemented).
- Prioritising E1 bus service through the prohibition of left-hand turn for motor vehicles from Spring Bridge Road to Gordon Road, thus reducing conflicting general traffic movements on Gordon Road.
What happens next
There were concerns that the turn ban at the junction of Haven Green and Gordon Road would cause unacceptable delays to motor traffic, and/or increase traffic levels on surrounding residential roads.
This ban was therefore constructed with temporary materials, so that it could easily be reversed.
Three months after implementation, traffic speed and volume surveys were done on surrounding roads, and compared with surveys a year earlier. The results of the surveys are tabulated and discussed in a report.
We now propose to realign kerbs and widen the toucan crossing over Haven Green with permanent materials, including some low-level planting as in the original design. This will effectively make the turn ban permanent.
If you have any views on this, please email them to cycling@ealing.gov.uk, by the middle of January 2023, when the decision will be taken.