Cuts to cycling schemes in London as a result of TfL’s financial crisis would be “absolutely horrifying”, cycling activists have warned. Committee papers released on Wednesday evening revealed that TfL was facing huge cuts without long-term Government support, with London mayor Sadiq Khan having warned of a £1.3 billion gap in its capital investment and […]
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Creek Road’s £4.2m Cycleway 4 will not fully open until at least March, council admits
A £4.2m section of segregated cycle route in Deptford will not fully open until at least March 2022, Greenwich Council has admitted, because it and Transport for London have been unable to agree on costs for bridge repair work. The stretch of Cycleway 4 along Creek Road was finished in May, but the two-way track […]
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We want Santander Cycles to come to Deptford, Lewisham Council says
A senior Lewisham councillor is to raise extending TfL’s cycle hire scheme further into SE London when he meets City Hall’s walking and cycling commissioner next month. In June, Greenwich Council’s transport cabinet member, Sarah Merrill, said that she would be keen to see Santander Cycles extended along the route of the new Cycleway 4 […]
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Deptford’s new Cycleway 4 to stay closed for months because of bridge works
Transport for London says it is working with Greenwich Council to make sure a major new cycle route in Deptford can open “as quickly and efficiently as possible” after it emerged that it may not be ready for months. Most work on Cycleway 4, on Creek Road in Deptford, was finished in May. It is […]
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Evelyn Street Cycleway 4 works to start – but riders left waiting on Creek Road
Work begins next week on the latest section of Cycleway 4 in Deptford – but riders are having to wait before they can use the most-recently built section of segregated track. Construction of the 1.4km section along Evelyn Street will begin on Monday and last until May, Transport for London said. Along with the protected […]
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Blackwall Tunnel approach slip road will still be closed for cycle route
Plans to cut access to the Blackwall Tunnel approach from the Angerstein roundabout are still going ahead as part of a scheme to make the A206 safer for cyclists to use, Transport for London has said. The northbound slip road from the Woolwich Road was due to be closed to most traffic with the opening […]
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It’s finally here: Cycleway 4 is now open through east Greenwich
East Greenwich’s segregated cycle route has finally opened today, two months after it was originally due to see its first riders. The route from Old Woolwich Road to Farmdale Road, including a crossing of the notorious Angerstein roundabout, had been due to open in early October after work began in August, but work took twice […]
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Cycleway 4 works to resume in Deptford after pandemic pause
Work on creating the long-awaited segregated cycleway through Deptford is to resume on Monday after stopping in March when the coronavirus pandemic hit. Construction started in Creek Road about a year ago but was paused when the crisis began, and Transport for London switched its resources to rolling out new temporary lanes elsewhere in the […]
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