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Change is on its way for the Clapton Park area, (bounded by the Lea Bridge Road, the River Lea, Homerton Road/High Street and Lower Clapton Road). The main aim of Hackney's planners is to reduce 'rat running', which is currently bad and would/will certainly worsen if/when the M11 Link Road opens.
Here is a larger version of the map (170KB). As the map shows, this could be done by a combination of methods, including closing off routes to motor traffic and installing traffic calming measures. There would be many other benefits from these measures, including a 20mph speed limit over the whole area. The planners are adopting a 'cell' approach, tackling the area as a whole, rather than taking measures piecemeal. They are aware of the need for wide and detailed consultation with the community, and are starting by holding 'surgeries' for local interest groups, after which options will be drawn up, households and businesses/services consulted generally, finishing with the reference to committee. The public meetings to discuss the proposals are as follows:
Monday 1st June 1998, 7pm, at Millfields Primary School, Hilsea Street LCC in Hackney broadly welcomes the plans, and will be liaising with Council officers on the detail of the plan. Here is a larger version of the map (170KB). |
