Progress Made on A316 Pedestrian Crossing Safety
The current crossing point at Hartington Road
January 6, 2023
A promise by the Mayor of London for action on improving safety on a busy road in Chiswick appears to have been kept.
Local Conservative councillors had been lobbying for changes at the crossing on the A316 near the junction with Hartington Road where there was no pedestrian phase. This is despite it being quite heavily used by people accessing the river from this area.
Following concerns from numerous residents, Chiswick Homefields Councillor Jack Emsley worked with London Assembly Member Nick Rogers to bring the issue to the attention of TfL with a view to implementing crossing lights to make the junction safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Mr Rogers raised the issue at December’s Mayor’s Question Time, where he secured a promise from Sadiq Khan to investigate the possibility of a safer pedestrian crossing with the pledge of a reply by Christmas.
TfL has now confirmed it has launched a formal engineering assessment of the junction, with the aim to complete plans for an improved pedestrian crossing in the coming months.
In a letter earlier this week, the Deputy Mayor for Transport confirmed that TfL had identified at least two areas where changes to the junction could be made to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists, including widening the pedestrian refuge island and implementing signals at the corners of the junction.
TfL is aiming to complete initial plans for the junction by the end of the current financial year in March, which can then be used to prioritise the site for funding to develop the design further, and undertake modelling as required from the next financial year beginning in April.
“This is a good win for residents in Chiswick who want to be able to cross at the junction between Hartington Road and the A316 safely, whether on foot or by bike,” said Assembly Member Nick Rogers. “This is an incredibly busy junction, and I’m glad that months of lobbying TfL and the Mayor of London have paid off and that we have been able to secure this important step towards a safer crossing.”
“It’s fantastic news that we’ve been able to secure the first steps towards a safer crossing for pedestrians and cyclists at the Hartington Road/A316 junction,” said Chiswick Homefields Councillor Jack Emsley. “I’m incredibly grateful to Nick for his hard work in lobbying both TfL and the Mayor of London on behalf of Chiswick residents to make this important upgrade. I’m looking forward to seeing the plans for the junction in the coming months!”
Like Reading Articles Like This? Help Us Produce More This site remains committed to providing local community news and public interest journalism. Articles such as the one above are integral to what we do. We aim to feature as much as possible on local societies, charities based in the area, fundraising efforts by residents, community-based initiatives and even helping people find missing pets. We’ve always done that and won’t be changing, in fact we’d like to do more. However, the readership that these stories generates is often below that needed to cover the cost of producing them. Our financial resources are limited and the local media environment is intensely competitive so there is a constraint on what we can do. We are therefore asking our readers to consider offering financial support to these efforts. Any money given will help support community and public interest news and the expansion of our coverage in this area. A suggested monthly payment is £8 but we would be grateful for any amount for instance if you think this site offers the equivalent value of a subscription to a daily printed newspaper you may wish to consider £20 per month. If neither of these amounts is suitable for you then contact info@neighbournet.com and we can set up an alternative. All payments are made through a secure web site. One-off donations are also appreciated. Choose The Amount You Wish To Contribute. If you do support us in this way we’d be interested to hear what kind of articles you would like to see more of on the site – send your suggestions to the editor. For businesses we offer the chance to be a corporate sponsor of community content on the site. For £30 plus VAT per month you will be the designated sponsor of at least one article a month with your logo appearing if supplied. If there is a specific community group or initiative you’d like to support we can make sure your sponsorship is featured on related content for a one off payment of £50 plus VAT. All payments are made through a secure web site. |