Forest Road - London Streetspace Programme (LSP)
Since 2015, we have been working to make Forest Road a safer, more accessible place for people to travel along, whether walking, cycling, driving or using public transport.
To date we have improved Forest Road between the borough boundary with Haringey and the William Morris Gallery, by introducing new cycle tracks, blended ‘Copenhagen’ crossings, new pedestrian and cycle crossings, new traffic signals, as well as a significant transformation of the Blackhorse Road Junction.
Now, with Streetspace Programme (LSP) funding from Transport for London (TfL) we are planning to expand on these previous improvements and will be introducing new measures for walking and cycling between the William Morris Gallery and Woodford New Road. This is part of our ongoing longer term work to create a continuous active and sustainable travel corridor along the majority of Forest Road, supporting both shorter local journeys as well as longer boroughwide ones by active and sustainable modes.
Initially, we will be using lower cost, interim measures and materials to deliver most of the planned changes, and there are some places where it will not be possible to deliver improvements immediately. We intend to monitor the impact of these initial changes to see how they are working and will be asking for feedback from users to help shape a final, permanent scheme in the longer term.
As part of our commitment to improving the Forest Road corridor, in 2017 we asked local people for input on our proposals to improve the Bell Junction. The proposals were well supported at public consultation and detailed design work took place during 2018 to get the plans ready for construction. Since 2019 we have been looking for funding to deliver the Bell junction scheme and, we’re happy to announce that we are now in a position to take the original, permanent plans forward.
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Dynamic Proposal
CHANGES TO HOWARD ROAD
BELL JUNCTION
Read about the measures due to be constructed from February 2021.
FOREST ROAD LONDON STREETSPACE PLAN (LSP)
Read about the measures being introduced between William Morris Gallery and Woodford New Road and give us your feedback.
LOW TRAFFIC STREETS
Read about the modal filters being introduced on Chandos Road and Dudly Road from January 2021, as part of the Bell Junction transformation.
News
Online survey for Chandos Avenue and Dudley Road modal filters
If you live within the scheme area for the Low Traffic Streets (Farnan Avenue, Kenilworth Avenue, Chingford Road, Bromley Road, Bedford Road, Dudley Road or Chandos Avenue), don't forget to take p
Planned works for Forest Road and Howard Road - October 2021
Forest Road - Overnight road resurfacing Road resurfacing work between Farnan Avenue and Gaywood Road is due to begin on the evening of Monday 4 October 2021 for five nights and is estimated to be com
Bell Junction construction update - between Chingford Road and Farnan Avenue
From 30 June work is planned to start on the north east side of the Bell Junction between Chingford Road and Farnan Avenue. The work includes the installation of a segregated cycle track, laying new
Works starting between Falmer Road and Howard Road from Monday 7 June 2021
From week beginning 7 June 2021 work is planned to start on the south east side of the Bell Junction between Falmer Road and Howard Road.The work includes the installation of a segregated cycle track,
Bell Junction construction update
The new blended ‘Copenhagen’ crossings at Bromley Road and Bedford Road are now complete and work is underway constructing the new cycle lane between Bedford Road and Chingford Road.In May, we will mo
Bell Junction construction underway
Construction work is now underway on the Bell Junction, starting with the north side of Forest Road between Bromley Road and 609 Forest Road. This work involves digging up the pavement and road at thi
Low Traffic Streets - modal filters on Chandos Avenue and Dudley Road
Two new modal filters (road closures to through traffic) will be installed on Chandos Road and Dudley Road, at their respective junctions with Chingford Road, during the week commencing 22 February 20
Forest Road London Streetspace Plan (LSP) - construction update
Since launching the Forest Road LSP scheme in December, our construction team have been working hard introducing the new measures.So far, the team have completed work on all the bus stop bypasses and
Meet the team
The London Borough of Waltham Forest will use the comments received on this website to understand local views on the scheme.
News
Online survey for Chandos Avenue and Dudley Road modal filters
If you live within the scheme area for the Low Traffic Streets (Farnan Avenue, Kenilworth Avenue, Chingford Road, Bromley Road, Bedford Road, Dudley Road or Chandos Avenue), don't forget to take p
Planned works for Forest Road and Howard Road - October 2021
Forest Road - Overnight road resurfacing Road resurfacing work between Farnan Avenue and Gaywood Road is due to begin on the evening of Monday 4 October 2021 for five nights and is estimated to be com
Bell Junction construction update - between Chingford Road and Farnan Avenue
From 30 June work is planned to start on the north east side of the Bell Junction between Chingford Road and Farnan Avenue. The work includes the installation of a segregated cycle track, laying new
Works starting between Falmer Road and Howard Road from Monday 7 June 2021
From week beginning 7 June 2021 work is planned to start on the south east side of the Bell Junction between Falmer Road and Howard Road.The work includes the installation of a segregated cycle track,
Bell Junction construction update
The new blended ‘Copenhagen’ crossings at Bromley Road and Bedford Road are now complete and work is underway constructing the new cycle lane between Bedford Road and Chingford Road.In May, we will mo
Bell Junction construction underway
Construction work is now underway on the Bell Junction, starting with the north side of Forest Road between Bromley Road and 609 Forest Road. This work involves digging up the pavement and road at thi
Low Traffic Streets - modal filters on Chandos Avenue and Dudley Road
Two new modal filters (road closures to through traffic) will be installed on Chandos Road and Dudley Road, at their respective junctions with Chingford Road, during the week commencing 22 February 20
Forest Road London Streetspace Plan (LSP) - construction update
Since launching the Forest Road LSP scheme in December, our construction team have been working hard introducing the new measures.So far, the team have completed work on all the bus stop bypasses and
Proposals
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HAVE YOUR SAY
CHANGES TO HOWARD ROAD
BELL JUNCTION
Read about the measures due to be constructed from February 2021.
FOREST ROAD LONDON STREETSPACE PLAN (LSP)
Read about the measures being introduced between William Morris Gallery and Woodford New Road and give us your feedback.
LOW TRAFFIC STREETS
Read about the modal filters being introduced on Chandos Road and Dudly Road from January 2021, as part of the Bell Junction transformation.
Team
This team is responsible for engaging and acting on your views and opinions. You may see them around the area interviewing residents and at community events.
The London Borough of Waltham Forest will use the comments received on this website to understand local views on the scheme.