Lee High Road Bus Priority scheme

Proposals

Please watch the video below to see a fly through of the changes we are proposing:

Summary of changes for Lee High Road

• Extend the existing eastbound bus lane on the A20 Lee High Road by 140m towards Lee Church Street, to help bus passengers reach their destination more quickly
  
  
• Change single red lines to double red lines in the eastbound carriageway between Lee Church Street and Dacre Park and Lee Park and Brightfield Road
  
  
• Change existing single red lines to double red lines in the westbound carriageway between 370 Lee High Road and Bankwell Road
  
  
• The existing eastbound cycle lane between the junction of Lee High Road with Brightfield Road and Lenham Park will be widened and made ‘mandatory’ to help improve cyclist safety. Mandatory cycle lanes are separated from general traffic with a white solid line, and fines can be issued if drivers enter it
  
  
• Widened pedestrian refuges outside 285 and 344 Lee High Road to make it easier to cross the road
  
  
• Introduction of three cycle wands alongside the new mandatory cycle lane to help protect vulnerable road users
  
  
• Removal of 1 parking and 2 loading & Blue Badge Holder (BBH) bays:
  • Parking outside number 320 - 324 Lee High Road
  • Loading & BBH outside number 350 Lee High Road
  • Loading & BBH outside number 309 - 315 Lee High Road

We’ve also published a map to illustrate these changes.

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Why?

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% of trips to be made via walking, cycling or public transport by 2041.

The new bus lane will be open to buses and other modes of transport such as pedal cyclists, motorbikes, taxis, and patient transport vehicles - and is part of a target to introduce 25km of new bus lanes on London’s roads by March 2025.

Bus lanes are one of the most effective methods of helping people reach their destinations quickly and sustainably. Buses using these lanes can avoid slower moving traffic, so they can reach and pick up passengers at the next stop more quickly. There will also be additional safety benefits for vulnerable road users such as pedal cyclists and motorcyclists, as they do not need to mix with all traffic.

Buses are the most space efficient transport - with over 60 people travelling in a single vehicle - meaning emissions from up to 60 private vehicles are removed from London’s roads. Additionally, the next generation of buses are zero emission, making London’s air cleaner.

How it impacts you

Please look at our map and image visuals for more information on how the proposals will look and work.

The implementation of bus lanes will have different impacts based on which mode of transport you are travelling by: 

• If you are travelling by bus - You will be positively impacted, as you should get to your destination more quickly
• If you are travelling by car, van, or HGV - We expect you would not notice any impacts on your journey. The location of this bus lane has been chosen as it has high potential for bus journey time improvements with low potential for delays to other traffic
• If you are travelling by Motorcycle - You could see some positive impacts, especially around journey times and safety, as motorcyclists are permitted to use these new bus lanes
• If you are travelling by cycle - You could see positive impacts, especially around journey times and safety as bikes are permitted to use these new bus lanes and the new mandatory cycle lanes

You can find out more about potential impacts in our Frequently Asked Questions.

Equalities Impact Assessment

Our draft Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) identifies:

• The impact the scheme is having on people, including those with protected characteristics
• How we have attempted to mitigate any negative impacts

After we’ve considered all comments, the EqIA will be reviewed and may be updated.

We use the EqIA to help us decide if, and how, we should proceed with these proposals.

More Information

We will be holding two drop-in events:

• Wednesday 31 July(15:00 to 18:00) at Lewisham DLR station, Station Road, London SE13 7RY
• Saturday 3 August (11:00 to 13:00) at Lewisham Shopping Centre, Molesworth Street, London SE13 7HB

This will give you an opportunity to get further information about the proposals and provide your thoughts and feedback, to allow us to consider your views.

If you are unable to make this date and time and would like to discuss the proposals further with us, please get in touch at haveyoursay@tfl.gov.uk and we can respond to your queries directly.

We have also provided the following information to help you respond:

Accessible Information

We want to make sure everyone is able to take part in our consultations. To help make it accessible to everyone we have provided:

Tell us your views

You can reply by completing our survey, which should take no more than 10 minutes to complete or if you are short on time, you can submit a quick response.

The closing date for comments is 9 September 2024.

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Questions?

You can use our question tool during the consultation period. We will respond to your questions as soon as we can.

You can also contact us by email, via our telephone call back service (020 3054 6037) or in writing (FREEPOST TFL HAVE YOUR SAY)

We are also holding two drop-in events:

• Wednesday 31 July(15:00 to 18:00) at Lewisham DLR station, Station Road, London SE13 7RY
• Saturday 3 August (11:00 to 13:00) at Lewisham Shopping Centre, Molesworth Street, London SE13 7HB

Please come along and let us know your views. If you are unable to make this date and time and would like to discuss the proposals further with us, please get in touch and we can respond to your queries directly. You can telephone: 020 3054 6037 to leave your name and contact number and we will call you back. Please quote 'Lee High Road' when leaving your message.

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Latest news

Update 5 December 2024

We have now published our consultation report which explains the outcome of the consultation.

We received 509 responses to the consultation and would like to thank everyone who took part.

Taking on board all the feedback received, we are content that this scheme, which is part of the Department for Transport-funded ‘25x25’ programme (which aims to deliver 25km of new bus lanes by March 2025) will benefit all people choosing to travel on the bus network to have the safest, quickest, and most reliable journey at all times of the day.

Update 10 September 2024

This consultation has now closed. Thank you to everyone who responded. We are analysing your feedback and will report back shortly.

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