Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Idea for new safe cycle path through St Anns
With the latest news about The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khans purchase of the St Anns site I was wondering if this would be the perfect opportunity to build a new Cycle path through the St Anns Site to escape the dangers of Green Lanes.
Its much flatter than Wrightman Road and could be a nice ride parallel to Green lanes, flat, peaceful and safe away from the traffic. The obstacles would be going under the railway and over the new river. But im sure it could be done, especially with now that the Mayor has bought the St Anns site.
As an alternative it could run along Warwick Gardens.
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Permalink Reply by hhnrau on
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i've used the cycle tracks in Enfield and Hackney, but they don't have the congestion problems and narrow road layout of Green Lanes. Also, this doesn't address the fact that many people, myself included, find the congested, polluted nature of Green Lanes, along with the risk of car doors opening, a harrowing experience.
We absolutely DO need, as Nigel suggests, an alternative quietway. And developing it in synergy with St Anns redevelopment would have huge benefits.
It's a terrible shame if a bridge over the new river is rejected due to complaints by a few local residents. the benefits of the bridge could be enormous, not just for cyclists, but turning the New River into more of an amenity. That stretch of the river is currently under-used, poorly maintained, plagued by litter etc. An attractively designed bridge could create an attractive focal point to enhance the borough, and encourage travel via green corridors not just for crossing cyclists, but pedestrians going East-West
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Permalink Reply by Velo on
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There is also the issue of cycling on St Ann’s Road itself which is a nightmare with cars speeding through it.
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Wasn't this partly proposed in the latest Haringey Transport plan (assuming they could get permission from the developers)
As others have said though, good cycle infrastructure should follow desire lines rather than forcing people to divert to use it. In this case I'd suspect the popular routes would be Green Lanes or Seven Sisters route, a St Ann's route would be a bit of a fudge between the two.
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Permalink Reply by JoeW on
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That's correct Andrew, this was one of the recommended "medium term" options from the study:
This option consists of four components:
• Convert the existing pedestrian crossing between Chestnuts Park and St Ann’s Hospital to a Toucan crossing
• Provide a north-south pedestrian / cycle route through the St Ann’s Hospital site
• Reopen a disused railway arch, to create a north-south link
• Provide a bridge across the New RiverIt makes a reasonable trail from Lordship rec and Downhills south through Chestnuts and St Anns, though not sure how much it would encourage local people to cycle more frequently, the majority of whom still have to navigate at least half a mile of hostile roads before reaching safer routes?
Does anyone know what is happening with the "short term" recommended options for the study by the way? The last I heard there was supposed to be a consultation in February on removing pavement parking and pedestrian refuge islands from Wightman Road.
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Perspicacious of Nigel to notice that what WRIGHTman Road really needs is a good flattening. Meanwhile, however, it is so obviously the WRONGman Road for two, three, four, six, eight or ten-wheeled modes of vehicular propulsion that I am about to resume my occasional campaign of pneumatic tyre deflation. I'll deal with flattening dem dar hills later.
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Permalink Reply by Robert Pike on
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The Woodberry Wetlands opened a month after my son was born and it has been one of our regular haunts ever since. Walking as we do from Cornwall Rd it would be wonderful if there was a more direct pedestrian/ cycle route. It would avoid having to go via Seven Sisters Rd to reach the Stamford Hill entrance. We are lucky to live next to Chestnuts Park and are lucky that, like today, we can walk up through to Downhills Park and Lordship Rec. I would welcome cycle infrastructure as a way to better link these spaces if they also benefit pedestrians. Cornwall Rd is used as a rat run by speeding car drivers. They reach the wide flat section and hit the accelerator. Happily see better pedestrian facilities, street trees and other infrastructure there to slow drivers.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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I really like this idea but is there a way to get under/over the railway line?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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There are still two tunnels. One is closed off to form one end of the GRA garden. The other run from the undergrowth in St Ann’s Hospital through to one of the warehouse compounds. People would need to be willing.
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Ta
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wonderful idea - please keep championing this - it might become a reality!
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