Remember, Cycle Superhighway 11 is not yet a ‘done deal’
• CYCLE Superhighway 11 is still a huge concern for thousands of people in Hampstead.
It is therefore important that people realise CS11 is not a “done deal”. The campaign for a new deal from Transport for London and the Mayor of London must continue.
And before my inbox explodes, claiming I am anti-cyclist, that is absolutely not the case. I want a pro cycling, pro walking, non-congestion, safety-first, and properly thought through “new deal” for the north of the borough, with an honest assessment of air quality issues.
The latest position from TfL is that there is no timeline for a decision but it may be in the summer of this year. Given the strong stance against the plans from Westminster Council, previous issues with the evidence base, the millions that this will cost and the mayor’s new focus on air quality: the fast aging plans need to be reconsidered – not least by taking HS2 construction traffic and pollution into account.
Confusion and delays created by TfL should not then benefit them. I understand from residents that even our MP has said CS11 is happening but that is actually not necessarily the case.
Please write to MPs, TfL, councillors and the press. Ask TfL more questions about where traffic will be pushed and which residential streets (already heavy with traffic) will be affected; find out why we are supposed to accept “short term” pollution in an area full of school children and what short term actually means; find out whether a decade of HS2 construction traffic is “short term” and whether HS2 make CS11 really viable. Finally ask them to pause, scrap and think again.
CLLR SIOBHAN BAILLIE
Conservative,
Frognal & Fitzjohns ward
This is reprinted from a letter from Siobhan in the Camden New Journal this week.