News on Newham Waltham Forest LTN

It’s been a month since the launch of the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) scheme for Maryland, Forest Gate and South Leytonstone - during this time, we have been finalising the installation of the scheme.

Now that the majority of the modal filters are in place, people can see how the scheme works on the ground and tell us about their experience. It’s important to highlight that, in the short term, when a new scheme is launched, there can be some disruption as it takes a little while for people to get used to the changes, and to adjust their journeys and the way they travel.

Please bear with us during this transitional period of the scheme and continue to let us know about your experience, and if there are any issues or suggestions to make the scheme better, via the interactive map .

Don’t forget to visit the ‘Your Questions Answered’ section, where we have included additional information on the most asked questions.

It is common practice, when we introduce a new scheme that our project teams carry out site visits and make observations, and will use this information alongside feedback received from the local community to consider how the scheme can be improved.

We would like to thank you for all the feedback provided to date, and especially for raising any issues to help us address these quickly. We have summarised below some of the changes that we have already made or will be introducing, in response to feedback from local people:

• We have removed signs that have caused confusion in locations where there have been too many signs next each other with conflicting or out of date information

• We are monitoring modal filters that do not have physical barriers (such as planters or bollards) to prevent them from being misused

• We will be installing additional road signs and line markings within the overall scheme area to make travelling around the area easier

• We will be installing additional bollards at some modal filter locations to increase compliance

• We are looking at ways to protect the planters, to avoid these being dug up by foxes

• We will be installing information boards at modal filter locations to remind local people to share their views on the Commonplace website .

Don’t forget the Commonplace website is available for you to continue to provide ongoing feedback, and in the coming months we will invite people to complete a questionnaire on how they feel about the overall scheme, how it has changed the area and their ongoing experience. Please sign up to the news updates if you would like to be involved.