Update 20th August 2021

The trial of the Bowes Primary and Surrounding Streets Quieter Neighbourhood has been in operation since September 2020. The Bowes Primary Area Quieter Neighbourhood includes modal filters which prevent motor vehicles from passing through these filters but allow for walking and cycling. Exemptions apply to emergency services. Enfield’s trial modal filters are located on Warwick Road, Maidstone Road, York Road and Palmerston Road.

Haringey has written to residents inviting feedback on their proposals to deliver similar interventions in the area under the Bounds Green LTN project. We recognise that both projects are very closely linked. We have been and continue to work closely with Haringey Council to align our proposals so that they are complementary to each other as a scheme that covers a wider area, rather than separate schemes within each local authority’s boundary. This means that conversations have occurred to discuss how each authority’s plans may impact residents in the other, and vice versa.

Haringey’s proposals aim to improve air quality, reduce traffic levels and enable safer walking and cycling in the area. Should they be implemented, they will affect how some Enfield residents travel through and experience the area. We encourage you to take part in Haringey’s engagement survey at www.haringey.gov.uk/low-traffic-neighbourhoods. At this link you can also find the consultation leaflet and questionnaire Haringey recently delivered to residents.

The trial of the Bowes Primary Area Quieter Neighbourhood is ongoing to enable the opportunity to collect further traffic data that is more representative of ‘normal’ conditions. No decision has been made by Enfield Council at this time to remove it, make changes, or make it permanent. With this understanding, Haringey Council has presented their plans which do not include any changes to the Enfield trial.

The consultation for the Bowes Primary Area Quieter Neighbourhood project was run from 28 September 2020 to 2 May 2021. The engagement report has been published and is now being considered in decisions about the next steps of the trial. There will be a further opportunity to comment on Enfield’s Quieter Neighbourhood in the coming months.