Gardens bid for cycling route cash rejected

The Gardens Residents Association recently bid for a share of a £300k 'Greenways' fund to include Stanhope Gardens and Warwick Gardens as a safe cycle route for local cyclists.

Malcolm Smith, Haringey's Team Leader for Transportation Planning, has just handed down the Council's response, explaining that the bid has been unsuccessful because:

The Greenways programme includes a link between Finsbury Park and the Lee Valley using local roads and parks. However, a safe crossing of Green Lanes (using the Gardens route) could not be identified by stakeholders as part of the study and an alternative route through Hermitage Road was identified.