Statutory Consultation - 13 November 2024 to 8 December 2024

Enfield Council is proposing a walking and cycling route from Enfield Town to Ponders End Station via Bush Hill Park and Lincoln Road. We first engaged the community on the early proposal for this route in early 2023 to hear suggestions for the route and any issues related to walking and cycling in the area that the project could address. This informed a concept design which was presented to the community in November 2023 for feedback during another period of engagement that ran until January 2024. The designs were revised following comments received from the community.

The project is being delivered in phases. The section through Bush Hill Park was completed in Summer 2024 and is now open to the public. A draft traffic order (TG52/1571) for the section from Eaton Road to Bush Hill Park via Seaford Road, Fotheringham Road and Cross Road, and the section of Percival Road, Bertram Road, and Clive Road has now been published and we invite you to make a representation or objection though the statutory consultation.

In addition, we welcome your comments on the possibility of introducing a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in the area that we are looking to deliver later as funding becomes available.

Information on upcoming events and how to share your views is enclosed in this letter.

About the proposals detailed in Traffic Order TG52/1571

The Enfield Town to Ponders End Walking and Cycling Route aims to make it safer and more for people walking, wheeling and cycling in the area.

The proposals feature:

• A northbound one-way street on Eaton Road between Queen’s Road and Southbury Road, with a contraflow cycle lane (meaning people can cycle in both directions, whereas people driving must follow the one-way system)
• A southbound bus gate on Fotheringham Road at the junction with Southbury Road. Only buses and cycle will be permitted to enter Fotheringham Road from Southbury Road, however all vehicles will be permitted to exit Fotheringham Road on to Southbury Road.
• A westbound bus gate on Cross Road at the junction with Fotheringham Road. Only buses and cycles will be permitted to travel west through the gate, however all vehicles will be permitted to travel east through the gate.
• A continuous footway on Fotheringham Road at the junction with Cross Road
• A new buildout at the entrance to Bush Hill Park
• A northbound one-way on Percival Road between Lincoln Road and Bert Way
• A southbound one-way on Bertram Road between Clive Way and Lincoln Road
• A 20mph zone on Percival Road, Bertram Road, Clive Road, Bert Way and Clive Way
• Speed humps to enforce the above 20mph zone.

As part of the public engagement carried out between November 2023 and January 2024, we heard that parking for residents in the area is often hard to find given the number of cars parked in these roads. In addition to the statutory consultation on TG52/1571, we invite your comments on a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in the area. A CPZ is a designated area whereby during the controlled hours, only permit holders (i.e. residents) may park in the bays. At other times, any driver may park there. Generally, CPZs make it easier for residents to park on the street where they live. A map of the proposed CPZ area can be found on the following page.

No designs have yet been produced for a CPZ. Comments received on the CPZ proposal will be considered separately and are not part of the statutory consultation that is being carried out. Should we progress with the proposal for a CPZ, it will be subject to statutory consultation at a later date. We will inform residents on the progress of this proposal.

We invite residents, businesses, and any other interested stakeholders to take part in the statutory consultation on these proposed changes. Please make your representation or objection in writing stating the grounds on which it is being made and quoting the reference TG52/1571 no later than 11:59pm on Sunday 8 December 2024. You can submit your objections or representations in any of the following ways:

• Online via the survey
• By email to journeysandplaces@enfield.gov.uk, or
• In writing to ATTN Journeys and Places, Enfield Council, Silver Street, EN1 3XA

Please join us at the following events to hear more about the project, find out how to take part in the statutory consultation, and share your comments with us on the additional elements of the project:

Following the statutory consultation period, the Council will provide a formal response to any issues raised, and use the comments received as well as information from other monitoring activities to decide on whether to make changes to the scheme.

We look forward to hearing from you over the coming weeks.