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TOP CASH AWARD TO MAKE CAMDEN'S STREETS SAFER AND GREENER

14/12/05

Camden’s roads will become even safer and more attractive after the council won more money from Transport for London (TfL) than any other borough, to spend on traffic and transport schemes.

The council was yesterday (13 December) awarded more than £10.9m to fund projects for 2006-7, an impressive 87 per cent increase on last year’s award, and the highest amount of all London boroughs for the third year running.

Camden Council’s successful bid to TfL means the money will be spent on a wide variety of projects to make the roads safer for residents, the local environment more attractive and the borough easier for disabled people to get around.

Camden Council will spend the money on projects including:

  • essential strengthening work to the 150-year-old Kilburn High Road Rail Bridge, to make it safe and avoid a weight restriction that would disrupt buses and other traffic
  • expanding Camden’s ‘ScootAbility’ scheme, the first in the UK, so that more disabled people can borrow scooters or powered wheelchairs to get about more independently
  • two new town centre street improvement schemes, in Kentish Town and Chalk Farm Road - asking local people what they want to see and then working on the designs
  • a brand new hydrogen fuelled generator to power street works, unique in London and significantly reducing carbon emissions and noise
  • Clear Zone partnership trials of special emission-absorbing paving and paint, that aim to improve the environment by reducing nitrous oxide levels by 60 per cent in Southampton Row

Other projects include improvements for cyclists and pedestrians to encourage these alternative ways of getting around, traffic calming measures such as 20mph zones and other road safety schemes.

Cllr John Thane, Executive Member for Environment, Camden Council, said:

“Camden Council’s impressive funding award from TfL for the third year running recognises that we continue to lead the way in providing effective traffic and transport schemes in this borough. This money means we will not only continue to make our roads safer, but also ensure our streets are more pleasant to live in and do our bit for the wider environment by encouraging ‘greener’ ways of getting around.”



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