During the summer, a project funded by Transport for London (TfL) aimed to build miles of cycle lanes around the capital in order to reduce Londoners’ reliance on cars, especially during this pandemic. The new cycle routes have sparked controversy over a huge traffic issue all over the capital. This time the row is being taken to the High Court.
Another row over cycle routes around London has sparked and even made it to the High Court, according to reports.
Residents are asking the High Court to send Hounslow council back to the drawing board about the changes they are making on Chiswick High Road, where reportedly even the Queen got ‘stuck in the gridlock’.
This comes after months of controversy around the new cycle routes installed by Trasport for London to tackle the overuse of cars in the capital. The cycleway 9 route through Chiswick is one of the three major cycle infrastructure projects by Tfl, while the others are partially completed, the cycleway 4 scheme would link Tower Bridge, Greenwich and Woolwich, and the Mile End to Canary Wharf cycleway via Victoria Park.
Many cycleways are going to be upgraded, as for the CS7 between Colliers Wood and Elephant and Castle and a new cycle lane will be created between Lewisham and Catford.
Londoners are showing their support to Major Sadiq Khan over his project, tweeting their favourite cycle routes. The new cycleways are miles of extra space for walking and cycling through the capital as part of a wider project to tackle air pollution in London.
But the controversy over miles of traffic all around London every day is now a solid issue. Lovers of the new cycle lanes are in fact in a constant row with those affected by the narrowing of the roads which is creating further traffic.
Moreover, another big row sparked after the news that in five hours just six cyclists were seen using a new lane in Harrow compared to 2,000 cars, 500 vans and 200 other vehicles which were stuck in gridlock because the road had been narrowed by a cycle lane. Nigel Farage reacted to the news on Twitter by calling it ‘a joke’.
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