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Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan

Meeting: 15/10/2024 - General Public Services, Community Safety & Infrastructure (Item 18)

18 Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan PDF 654 KB

This draft report provides an update on the LCWIP project including the key findings from the public consultation held between the 22 May to the 17 July 2023.

Recommendation

i. That Members note the report and approve the proposed changes as a result of the public consultation and further investigations detailed in the table below:

Route	Description of Route	Proposed Changes
2	Watford via Croxley to Rickmansworth High Street	None at this stage.
3	Rickmansworth to Denham Way via Nightingale Road and Springwell Avenue	Include the alternative route through Townfield alongside Fire station.
8	Rickmansworth Station across the common to Chorleywood Station	Route across the common and alternative one way along Common Road to be removed, consider extending route along the A404 to Clement Danes school.
14	Stag Lane and Shepherds Lane, Mill End	Remove modal filter but maintain the minor junction improvements and look at slowing vehicle speeds to improve conditions for cycling.
21	Chalfont Road to towards Denham and Bucks border	None at this stage.
7	Not a priority LCWIP route, this is a TRDC local route	Route to remain as local cycling route but modal filter to be removed as not supported.
Walking Routes	5 routes in South Oxhey	None at this stage.

ii. Officers continue to pursue the LCWIP for presentation of a Plan for adoption at a future Committee meeting.

Additional documents:

Background document: Three Rivers Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Executive Summary (document from the LCWIP public consultation), item 18 PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

The Principal Sustainable Travel Planner and Transport Officer presented the report.

The Committee noted that the proposals for Chorleywood had been amended following strong objections received during the consultation. A meeting had been held with the Chorleywood Residents’ Association and Chorleywood Parish Council to consider possible alternative options. The suggested alterations to routes 8 and 14 would be reviewed by officers for inclusion prior to the LCWIP final version being agreed or as part of local route developments.

In response to a question about route 2 from Watford to Croxley along the A412, and whether a quieter route had been considered, the committee heard that as LCWIPs were strategic routes they generally followed the most direct route provided that space allowed for a cycleway and the route was deemed to be safe by the highways authority. The route along the A412 had been deemed as a viable route.

In response to a question about route 14 and the proposal to look at slowing vehicle speeds to improve conditions for cycling, the Committee heard that these would likely include junction protection and junction changes, but this would be subject to consultation with a traffic engineer. The existing traffic calming measures were expected to remain in place.

An amendment to the recommendations which sought the removal of routes 8, 14 and 7 and the addition of a proposal to investigate working with Transport for London to put a pedestrian bridge under the railway in Chorleywood was moved and seconded. On being put to the vote the amendment fell.

RESOLVED:

i. That the Committee notes the report and approves the proposed changes as a result of the public consultation and further investigations detailed in the table below:

Route	Description of Route	Proposed Changes
2	Watford via Croxley to Rickmansworth High Street	None at this stage.
3	Rickmansworth to Denham Way via Nightingale Road and Springwell Avenue	Include the alternative route through Townfield alongside Fire station.
8	Rickmansworth Station across the common to Chorleywood Station	Route across the common and alternative one way along Common Road to be removed, consider extending route along the A404 to Clement Danes school.
14	Stag Lane and Shepherds Lane, Mill End	Remove modal filter but maintain the minor junction improvements and look at slowing vehicle speeds to improve conditions for cycling.
21	Chalfont Road to towards Denham and Bucks border	None at this stage.
7	Not a priority LCWIP route, this is a TRDC local route	Route to remain as local cycling route but modal filter to be removed as not supported.
Walking Routes	5 routes in South Oxhey	None at this stage.

ii. That Officers continue to pursue the LCWIP for presentation of a Plan for adoption at a future Committee meeting.