Westminster objects to new superhighways

Westminster City Council has objected to Transport for London’s plans for two further Cycle Superhighway schemes. 

Consultation ended last month on two further superhighway schemes: Cycle Superhighway 11 between Swiss Cottage and the West End, and phase two of the East-West Cycle Superhighway, which would extend the route from Paddington to Acton.

Heather Acton, Westminster’s cabinet member for sustainability and parking, told colleagues that the council did not support either scheme at this stage because of the “unknown scope and extent of their likely traffic impact”. 

On CS11 she said: “It is essential that TfL shares the modelling assumptions with the council, residents and businesses to allow stakeholders to fully understand the traffic impacts of the scheme. 

“This includes adopting an holistic approach by considering the combined impacts of several schemes and major redevelopments in the modelling.”

TfL will discuss these issues at LTT's Cycle City event in May