Proposed Cycle Improvements in Brentford Consultation

Around St Paul's / Half Acre / Green Dragon Lane / Market Place / The Butts All with Deadline: 18 July

As part of the ‘Biking Borough’ programme and with help from local cyclists, the council has identified a number of small changes that could be made to our streets, which would help make cyclists’ journeys safer, quicker and comfortable.

One of the schemes identified is to provide for a legal access route for cyclists from Half Acre into St Paul’s Road (a contraflow), and through the recreation ground to Grosvenor Road and Albany Road.  This provides a quiet alternative to the busy High Street and allows cyclists to bypass the one-way system serving the bus terminal and Morrisons Supermarket.

To view the full proposed plans, download the pdfs from the council site.

To summarise – (heading west to east):

1. Narrowing the junction of St Paul's/Half Acre and providing a new contraflow cycle lane. This enables cyclists to legally cycle against the traffic along this one way road.  The exit at this point for vehicles onto Half Acre would become one lane.

2. Designating the paths within St Paul's Recreation Ground as permissive paths for cyclists, with pedestrian priority. They would be signed appropriately and resurfaced as necessary.

3. Improvements to the entrances to St Paul's Recreation Ground from Albany Road and Grosvenor Road to better provide for cyclists to rejoin the carriageway.  

If you would like to comment on this proposal, please contact Mark Frost on 020 8583 5037 or email transportplanning@hounslow.gov.uk, typing 'St Paul’s' in the subject line of your email.

Green Dragon Lane Cycle Improvements

One of the schemes identified is the need to improve the chicanes on Green Dragon lane for cyclists through the introduction of a ‘cycle bypass’.  

To view the full proposed plans, download the pdfs from the council site.

If you would like to comment on this proposal, please contact us on 020 8583 5037, or email transportplanning@hounslow.gov.uk inserting ‘Green Dragon’ in the subject line of your email.

Proposed cycle route - Market Place and The Butts

One of the schemes identified is to formalise the use by cyclists, the off-carriageway route between the Market Place, Lion Way and The Butts.

It has been noted that this route is being used by many cyclists already as a convenient and quiet cut through between Brentford town centre and Half Acre.

It is necessary to dedicate this section of the footway as a ‘cycle track’.  This means that cyclists are legally able to ride on this section, with priority maintained for pedestrians. No changes will be made to the footway surface.

To indicate that this is the case, we intend to mount a small shared use sign at each the entrances to this route (either on an existing lamppost or bollard).

If you would like to comment on this proposal, please contact us on 0208 583 5037 or email transportplanning@hounslow.gov.uk typing ‘The Butts’ in the subject line of your email.

Please ensure you send your comments into us by Monday 18 July 2011.

June 29, 2011