News on Newham Waltham Forest LTN

Over the last week we have been carrying out works to install additional modal filters on Windmill Lane, near the junction with Maryland Point, as well as at Forest Road and Bective Road, near the junction with Woodford Road. These works have now been completed and we hope that residents will enjoy the benefits of quieter streets and less traffic cutting through the area.

We had also intended on installing additional modal filters to address the traffic issues on Colegrave Road. These modal filters are planned for Edith Road, Dunmow Road and Pine Avenue. However, since our previous communications we have reviewed our design for the Dunmow Road modal filter and this will now be camera enforced, instead of a physical closure with planters and a bollard, so that emergency service vehicles have a clear access point to the area from Crownfield Road. All other motorised vehicles may receive a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) if they access this modal filter. The Edith Road and Pine Avenue modal filters will remain physical closures as planned. Due to the change in design and the legal traffic order process, there has been a delay in our programme and unfortunately we will not be able to install these modal filters before Christmas as there is a construction works shut-down period. These works are now scheduled to start in the week commencing 4th of January when our construction teams return.

We appreciate that this delay will be disappointing for some of you but we are still committed to delivering these additional modal filters in the new year. We expect that there will be less traffic on streets in general during the festive period, as is usually the case, and as a result some of the issues with traffic volumes and bad driver behaviour that you usually experience will also be reduced in the short-term, until we are able to address these with the new modal filters.