Chiswick High Road walking and cycling changes

Thank you for your comment, we are actively monitoring collisions on the C9 alignment, in addition to carrying out historical collision studies as per the national guidance. Both of these are drawn from the Stats 19 dataset, which records collision data from police reports and is published by the DfT. This data is freely available on the UK Government website.

Collision data we receive is collected by the Metropolitan Police and has to be verified by them before it’s shared with us. This takes time and thus there is a delay in obtaining the data. If the collisions you mentioned have been reported to the police, we are expecting to receive reports of these collisions in approximately 6 months. 

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Thank you for your comment, in the proposed upgrades to the route additional signs are proposed at all side roads adjacent to the cycle track. This provides warning of the presence of cyclists in both directions. The sign chosen is a standard sign face from the national guidance. Any bespoke signs require specific approval from the DfT.

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Thank you for your comment, where there are traffic lights at junctions on the C9 route along Chiswick High Road, the operation of those signals is set up to separate cyclists from motor traffic and allow them to safely pass through the junction without conflict from other vehicles. Warning signs are not required in this scenario.

At priority junctions, cyclists have priority over turning motor vehicles, and motor vehicles should give way to cyclists at these junctions as per the Highway Code. Cyclists are not required to give way at these junctions, so there are no road markings to enforce this. Warning signage is therefore also not required here.

As turning vehicles should give way to cyclists (as per the Highway Code), signs to warn cyclists of vehicles crossing their path when turning into side roads are not provided for in the national design standards. Conventional ‘give way’ road markings are used in a situation where cyclists are required to give way to vehicles. 

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Thank you for your question.

Hounslow will hold a 21 day engagement exercise to understand if there is any further feedback people want to share on the temporary Cycleway 9 scheme, especially in relation to the equalities impact of the scheme. They are currently finalising the date the engagement period will commence, and they will inform local residents when it begins and how they can respond to it.

Following that engagement period, we will finalise the scheme designs with Hounslow, and then construct the new scheme. Once that is complete, a six-month public consultation period will begin. 

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The proposed changes between Chiswick Lane and Goldhawk Road will require us to slightly reduce the pavements on the southside of Chiswick High Road. 

This will allow us to have protected cycle lanes as well as two traffic lanes on Chiswick High Road at the junctions with Goldhawk Road and Chiswick Lane. We will also be able to reintroduce the eastbound and westbound bus lanes. These changes will help improve bus journeys and smooth traffic flow.

In March 2021 we commissioned independent market research (by 2CV, an award-winning market research agency) to carry out an independent and representative survey of 1,000 residents within 2km of the temporary cycle route. The survey sought to understand residents views about the changes as well as travel patterns during the pandemic. The survey was representative of the borough for age, gender, social class and ethnicity. This data revealed clear support for making cycle routes safer (51% support and 27% against) and slight support from residents supporting protected cycle lanes in Chiswick High Road (47% support and 43% against).