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The Pool Street Connectivity project has improved the pedestrian and cycle environment at Pool Street and Carpenters Road south, building on the investment already made in delivering a segregated cycle route going north along Carpenters Road.
The carriageway has been reduced and replaced with green infrastructure and enlarged space for walking, wheeling and cycling. The signalised junction has been replaced with a give way junction and road calming measures along Carpenters Road.
Vision
Vision
The Pool Street Connectivity has achieved its aims and Pool Street and Carpenters Road south (from the London Aquatics Centre car park entrance, meeting the Pool Street junction to the south), helps link East Bank, the UK's newest cultural quarter, to the emerging UCL East campus, Carpenter’s Estate, and towards High Street Stratford.
Connections from the south to QEOP (Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) and the venues in this area have been improving and this was part of the jigsaw. Walking, wheeling and cycling improvements are critical to delivering sustainable active travel options and will be complimented by greening and other public realm improvements as part of the project. Carpenters Road has been identified as part of a strategically important cycling route that would link High Street Stratford in LB Newham to Hackney Wick in LB Hackney, including to new and emerging neighbourhoods and the East Bank cultural quarter along the way.
Proposals
Proposals
Proposals included:
- Pool Street narrowed to improve permeability across the road, reduce traffic speeds and increase public realm and green space
- Crossing points adjusted to better suite pedestrian desire lines
- New cycle facilities added in all directions
- Bus stop locations adjusted to better serve local facilities
- Additional blue badge parking
- New dedicated coach-parking bay to provide overflow to existing London Aquatics Centre facilities
- New dedicated planting including street trees, surface level planting and raised planters, located across the wider site
- Improved lighting across the site
- Additional cycle parking locations across the site
Programme
LLDC are worked with LB Newham in order to agree a delivery plan for the project, with LB Newham highways team managing the project as it moved through construction. The project progressed at a rapid pace with construction and the first phase completed in 2026.
Work in Progress
Work in Progress
- Summer 2024 - Design approved by TfL and LB Newham
- Autumn 2024 - Public engagement on Detailed Design
- Autumn 2024 - Additional ground investigation taking place
- Winter 2024 - Technical Design commences
- 2025/2026 - Construction planned and completed
To keep in touch with the project or provide your view on the proposals, please get in touch via the contact details below:
Get Involved
Get Involved
The voice of local people is crucial to help shape these ideas, we want to hear from people who know the area best, including residents and regular visitors; feedback will genuinely help shape what elements are taken forward towards delivery. LLDC is working with LBN on a second phase of improvement works in the area to improve the southern entrances to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
For more information visit www.yoursay.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk