Transport ambitions

In this story: Campaigning for better transport

Campaigning for better transport

Maintaining good transport links is vital for ensuring the economic success of the Royal Borough.

To that end, Council leaders have called on the Mayor of London to make a series of major improvements to the transport network in the borough.

The London Mayor is drafting his second Transport Strategy and Council leaders have launched a campaign urging him to back a series of measures to improve services for pedestrians and rail, bus and road users.

The Council’s campaign is headlined by calls for improvements to the Circle Line.

Transport for London’s own figures highlighted it as the worst performing line across the whole tube network.

The Council’s campaign highlights the fact that although thousands of people use the line each year it is one of the first to take the strain when there are operational difficulties across the rest of the network.

The Council has also made a strong case for the Mayor of London to back the Chelsea to Hackney Line.

The line, which would lead to new tube stations opening in the south of the borough, was boosted by the news earlier this year that the City of London Corporation has agreed to meet a funding gap holding back London’s £16 billion Crossrail line.

In a letter to the Mayor the Council’s Deputy Leader, Cllr Daniel Moylan, calls for a new station in North Pole Road, in the North West of the borough, and early delivery of the planned East London Line Extension Phase 2 to Clapham Junction, which would benefit residents in the south of the borough.

Meanwhile, the need for better bus services connecting the north and south of the borough are highlighted, including the need for a better road network to cope with increasing traffic.

The Council’s demands include the rapid rollout of buses that run on hybrid technology to ensure buses are quieter and less polluting.

The letter also calls for High Street Kensington tube station to be upgraded and also a conservation-led upgrade at South Kensington, as well as a new pedestrian access to the northern side of Westbourne Park station.

The letter also highlights the Council’s enthusiasm for the Earl’s Court one way system to be returned to a two-way road.

Finally, the letter highlights the Council’s wish for a footbridge across the Thames to link Chelsea Harbour with North Battersea.

Which transport improvements within the borough do you think should be made a priority?

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