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Pool Street Connectivity
The Pool Street Connectivity project seeks to create an improved 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.
Vision
Vision
The Pool Street Connectivity project seeks to create an improved pedestrian and cycle environment at Pool Street and Carpenters Road south (from the London Aquatics Centre car park entrance, meeting the Pool Street junction to the south), building on the investment already made in delivering a segregated cycle route going north along Carpenters Road. This project would help 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 are poor and the public realm uninviting. Walking 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 include:
- 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 currently working with LB Newham in order to agree a delivery plan for the project, with the intention that LB Newham highways team manage the project as it moves to construction. Once this arrangement has been finalised, the project is expected to progress at a rapid pace with construction anticipated to be complete by 2026.
Latest Project Progress
Latest Project 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
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.
To keep in touch with the project or provide your view on the proposals, please get in touch via the contact details.