FAQs

The Mayor of London is committed to tackling air pollution, promoting public transport and making our streets safer. The Mayor’s Transport Strategy sets a target for 80 per cent of trips to be made via walking, cycling or public transport by 2041. 

While the current arrangement at the junction works adequately for motorised traffic, it is without safe provision for pedestrians and cyclists to travel across the junction. 

A safe and direct east-west crossing is required as part of LB Enfield’s ongoing delivery of the planned Enfield Town to Ponders End Station Walking and Cycling Route, which is expected to significantly increase demand. 

Meanwhile, the junction’s current pedestrian crossings are old and feature island widths that do not meet current standards. Finally, the junction western arm does not currently feature a formal pedestrian crossing. 

The proposal will update the crossing provision on all arms to reduce risks of accidents, while improving the attractiveness of walking and cycling in the area.

The design for an improved junction has been in development since 2018 and a public consultation on the feasibility design took place in 2019. The scheme was then delayed until after COVID. 

The design has since significantly progressed, shaped by the findings from the A10/Lincoln Road Walking & Cycling Improvements consultation Report (July 2019) as well as continuous engagement with LB Enfield about their planned Enfield Town to Ponders End Station Walking and Cycling Route. 

TfL decided to proceed with a 2026 public consultation considering the significant progress with the design and the delay since the 2019 public consultation.

Vision Zero represents our aim to eradicate deaths and serious injuries from our roads and make London a safer, healthier and greener place by 2041.   

Major cities around the world are taking a stand to end the toll of deaths and injury seen on their roads and transport networks by committing to Vision Zero. London is at the forefront of this approach and the Mayor's Transport Strategy sets out the goal that, by 2041, all deaths and serious injuries will be eliminated from London's transport network.  

It is neither inevitable nor acceptable that anyone should be killed or seriously injured when travelling in London. When we leave our homes each day, we should feel safe and confident about the journey ahead. 

TfL plans to begin constructing the scheme in early 2028. The works will take approximately 8 months to complete. These timescales are usual for a scheme of this scale.

Any scheme of this scale will inevitability cause some disruption to road users during construction. As part of our detailed planning for the construction phase of the scheme, we will make every effort to minimise disruption to local residents and those using the junction.

We will provide regular updates to local residents and those using the junction to ensure everyone is kept fully informed of any temporary changes to road use. A dedicated liaison officer will be appointed to specifically deal with any issues arising from the works.

 Access to pavements for pedestrians will be maintained as much as possible and safe, clearly marked diversions will be created for pedestrians at points where this cannot be avoided.

As part of our detailed planning for the construction phase of the scheme, we will make every effort to minimise disruption to local residents and those using the junction.  

We will provide regular updates to local residents and those using the junction to ensure everyone is kept fully informed of any temporary changes to road use. A dedicated liaison officer will be appointed to specifically deal with any issues arising from the works. 

Access to pavements for pedestrians will be maintained as much as possible and safe, clearly marked diversions will be created for pedestrians at points where this cannot be avoided.

While it is too early in the progress of the project to provide detailed information about the exact impact of the construction work on traffic in the surrounding area. As part of our detailed planning for the construction phase of the scheme, we will look to put suitable measures in place to mitigate the impact of construction on traffic in the surrounding area.

TfL and Enfield Council will work closely together to minimise the impact of construction works on traffic in surrounding areas and local residents and key stakeholders will be kept fully informed as work progresses.

While detailed plans for the construction phase of the scheme have not yet been developed, it is likely that some weekend and evening work would be necessary.  During evening and weekend works, it is TfL policy that any especially noisy work must be completed each evening by midnight at the latest.

As part of our detailed planning for the construction phase of the scheme, we will make every effort to minimise disruption to local residents and those using the town centre. We will provide regular updates to local residents and those using the junction to ensure everyone is kept fully informed of any evening and weekend works. A dedicated liaison officer will be appointed to specifically deal with any issues arising from the works.

• Improved signalised staggered pedestrian crossings with widened central islands over the A10 Great Cambridge Road (north) and A10 Great Cambridge Road (south)
  
  
• A new signalised staggered pedestrian crossing over Lincoln Road (west)
  
  
• The replacement of the existing Main Avenue uncontrolled island crossing with a narrower crossing on a raised table (subject to LB Enfield’s future scheme proposals)

We also plan to widen the pavements to create new shared use areas for pedestrians and cyclists at several locations.

• A new straight across signalised cycle crossing over A10 Great Cambridge Road (north)
  
  
• The upgrade of the existing crossing into a new parallel pedestrian and cycle zebra crossing on a raised table over Lincoln Road north of Main Avenue
  
  
• The replacement of the existing pedestrian signalised staggered crossing with a new staggered toucan crossing over Lincoln Road (east)

We are not making any changes to the bus stops or bus services through the area as part of this scheme.

The majority of parking in the area will remain unchanged, with the following exception.

The scheme will require the removal 30m of informal parking opposite 149, 147A and 147B Great Cambridge Road. This is due to the closure of the service road access from Lincoln Road (west) and to maintain access and visibility around the new access on A10 Great Cambridge Road (north).

The proposed design maintains accesses to all existing private car parking spaces along the Great Cambridge Road service road.

We’ve assessed the impact of our proposals on journey times in the j A10 Great Cambridge Road and Lincoln Road junction area for buses and general traffic using traffic modelling tools. 

The proposed changes are designed to operate as efficiently as possible, while improving facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. 

There are some impacts on journey times because we are making the junction safer for pedestrians and cyclists by including a new cycle crossing and improved pedestrian crossings. 

The anticipated impact is detailed in the Appendix: “Walking and Cycling Improvements to the A10/Lincoln Road Junction: Impact of proposals on bus journey times and general traffic.”

Integrating the new signalised cycle crossing while maintaining all existing turning movements at the junction, would require an additional signal stage within the junction’s traffic signals sequence.  An impact assessment has determined that doing so would significantly impact journey times and overall capacity at the junction. 

The proposed ban of this left turn enables the new signalised cycle crossing and the Lincoln Road western arm to be green at the same time, while preventing a conflict between traffic movements and cyclists on the new crossing. 

Thanks to this, the new cycle crossing can be integrated while keeping a 4 stages method control, utilising signal green time effectively, protecting journey times and the overall capacity of the junction.

According to the latest traffic data (December 2022), only a very low number of eastbound vehicles currently take the left turn from the Lincoln Road western arm to the A10 northern arm to continue northbound. 

Therefore, we expect at most a negligible increase in traffic along alternative routes across the area west of the A10.  

Meanwhile, the removal of the left turn is anticipated to have a positive impact on eastbound journey times and the capacity of the Lincoln Road western arm. 

The anticipated impact is detailed in the Appendix: “Walking and Cycling Improvements to the A10/Lincoln Road Junction: Impact of proposals on bus journey times and general traffic.”

New shared use areas for pedestrians and cyclists are needed at both ends of the new A10 straight across signalised cycle crossing. These shared use areas are dimensioned to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists waiting to cross, based on the anticipated flows. 

The relocation of the service road access is needed not only to meet the space requirements for the shared use area west of the new A10 Great Cambridge Road cycle crossing, but also enables the integration of the new Lincoln Road (west) signalised pedestrian crossing. 

The integration of these two crossings is not possible without the closure of the existing service access. 

In addition, the location of the existing service road entrance comes with its own set of safety concerns, with movements into the service road being inhibited by waiting eastbound vehicles on Lincoln Road. This has been observed to lead to vehicles queuing back onto the A10 where there is a risk of rear end shunts or side swipe collisions. The proposed new arrangement is expected to reduce the blocking across the access seen under the current arrangement. 

The proposed access is entry only, with residents exiting from the northern access point, to reduce risk of give way type collisions at the access new location on A10 Great Cambridge Road (north).