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The westbound carriageway of Shacklewell Lane at its junction with St Mark's Rise is a tricky one for cyclists, necessitating assertive riding. In the 1994-96 period there were twelve personal injury collisions here, of which six involved pedal cyclists. Local resident Harriet Bourne is well used to the sorry rhythm of collisions outside her house. She and other locals have been working on plans to improve the safety, amenity and looks of the area for a year or two. A recent crop of collisions has reinvigorated the effort to do something about it.
LCC in Hackney helped to arrange a meeting of planners, engineers, police and locals in July 1998 at which senior engineer and cycling officer Liam Mulrooney unveiled a new plan (below) which would put all through traffic on the present eastbound carriageway and have a mini-roundabout as the junction with St Mark's Rise. There was a hope that funding could have been found to implement this good-looking scheme in the same financial year, subject to consultation and approval, but it has not yet transpired. The need for improvements, even if only of a temporary nature such as squaring off the junction with St Mark's Rise with some of the City of London's 'lego', is urgent. The matter was raised again at the meeting of LCC in Hackney in June 1999.
Shacklewell Lane goes from bottom left to top right on this plan. Click image for larger version (60KB).
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