Harrow Council to remove Streetspace LTNs and cycle lanes thisislocallondon.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thisislocallondon.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The cost to remove cycle lanes will be half the amount paid to put them in (Photo: Pexels/Newsquest) Contentious road closures and pop-up cycle lanes in Harrow have moved a step closer to being removed. But it has emerged that it will cost Harrow Council half as much to take out cycle lanes created as part of Covid measures as it was given by the Government to put them in. The council’s traffic and road safety advisory panel (TARSAP) yesterday (April 22) recommended cycle lanes in Honeypot Lane, Uxbridge Road, and Sheepcote be taken out, alongside planters blocking roads in three ‘low-traffic neighbourhoods’.
Harrow Council TARSAP votes to scrap cycle lanes and LTNs harrowtimes.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from harrowtimes.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One of the low-traffic neighbourhoods set up in Harrow (Photo: Atish Anand) Harrow Conservatives criticised a “waste of taxpayers’ money” on contentious traffic schemes after a report highlighted their unpopularity. The group said it welcomed the likelihood that many of the trial projects – put in place under the government-funded ‘Streetspace’ programme to encourage walking and cycling – would be removed following extensive resident feedback. However, it hit out at the Labour administration responsible for implementing the six-month projects, which included pop-up cycle lanes and road closures to form low-traffic neighbourhoods, accusing it of failing to listen to public opinion despite repeated warnings.