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Caanary Wharf and Rotherhithe (picture via TfL).pngConsultation opens on Canary Wharf-Rotherhithe cycling and walking bridge
Transport for London (TfL) has launched a consultation into a new cycling and walking bridge spanning the Thames from Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf, a crossing that campaigners say could unlock “huge potential” to get people on both sides of the river cycling.
Both the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) and Sustrans, which recommended in a feasibility report published last year the building of a bascule bridge, which would open to allow shipping to pass through, have backed the project.
In October last year, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan called for proposals for the bridge to be brought forward and said it could open as early as 2020.
> Sadiq Khan calls for Canary Wharf-Rotherhithe cycling bridge to be brought forward
TfL says that depending on responses to the consultation, a second consultation will be held early next year for the final preferred design, ahead of applying for the necessary planning consents in early 2019.
With the bridge linking into existing or proposed cycle routes on either side of the Thames, TfL believes it would encourage more people to cycle or walk locally as well as supporting new jobs and housing in the area, and forecasts that by 2031 it could see more than 2 million trips across it annually.
Selection of the bridge as TfL’s preferred option for the crossing – the competing options were a ferry or a tunnel – follows a year-long review it conducted in partnership with engineering consultancy Arcadis and Knight Architects.
Val Shawcross, London’s deputy mayor for transport, said: “It’s great news that we’ve started the formal process for a new walking and cycling crossing between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf.
“This area of east London has seen huge growth in recent years, and our desire for a dedicated crossing for cyclists and pedestrians shows our real commitment to greener forms of transport across London.
“It will provide vital new connections to work, shopping and leisure facilities for thousands of local residents and provide a new route for commuters into Canary Wharf.
“We now want everyone to have their say before we outline further details of how we can make this ambition a reality.”
Simon Munk, LCC infrastructure campaigner, commented: “More walking and cycling-friendly crossings across the Thames are much-needed, especially connecting east London.
“There is huge potential to get more people from south London cycling to work in the Docklands area but the options currently available – Tower Bridge, Rotherhithe Tunnel and the Greenwich Foot Tunnel – all have major issues for potential cyclists.
“We welcome this new consultation and hope the Mayor moves forward on this crossing, along with the proposed Cycle Superhighway 4, which will improve access to the bridge and other major cycling schemes, rapidly for the benefit of all Londoners.”
> Sadiq Khan unveils plans for new Cycle Superhighway in south London
The consultation, which you can find here, will remain open until 8 January 2018.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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IF it gets the go ahead what is the proposed construction time and what is the timescale leading up to starting the works?
This would be excellent. In fact it's such an obviously good idea that I'll be astonished and seriously disappointed if Sadiq can't make it happen.
There are some great routes to the north (Limehouse Cut, CS3) but, at the moment, no way to join them to the south apart from the tedious Greenwich foot tunnel.
Just don't let Joanna Lumley plant a garden on it.
there are some interesting technical issues to overcome. It's a very wide span for a bridge that has to open.
Someone is already on the case. This would look amazing: https://www.rotherhithebridge.london/
I just shed a tear.
it's backed by Sustrans, so it'll probably be paved with large lumps of gravel and have 15 kissing gates to get through.
Plus, Greenwich foot tunnel is appraching maximum capacity during peak times:
https://853london.com/2017/11/08/greenwich-foot-tunnel-to-be-full-up-wit...
Disappointed? Naturally. Astonished? Hardly - what the hell has Sadiq done for cycling in his time as mayor?
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Then the ads that hijack the browsers are of course never seen... that really needs sorting!
Sure it could be a good idea, but if it does go ahead I really do hope they make proper separated lanes for each sort of user, perhaps even with bollards or railings between the two. Shared cycle lanes/ footpaths are fine for a leisurely ride but infuriating for a commute.
As above. Do fill it in y’all. This is one of the issues it addresses.
Fill in the consultation London peeps. It’s actually pretty comprehensive without being (Sustrans) complicated.
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Good news, but hopefully you will be able to cycle across the whole thing and not have to get off and push at some section or other.
Elsewhere:
SiIvertown Haulage Increase Tunnel is still set to go ahead (as far as I know).
Not exactly the most enlightened project in the age of multiple and rising traffic related problems.
But I suppose we've still got a way to go to reach the depths of somewhere like New Delhi.
It would be nice to be able to feel less cynical...
(but perhaps more cyclical as my auto spellchecker suggested)