Tanner Street to Willow Walk Cycle Route

Southwark Council is improving walking and cycling routes as part of Streets for People, our ambitious plan to improve the air we breathe and the way we travel in Southwark.

We are planning to put in a new cycle route from Tanner Street to Willow Walk, to link existing major TfL routes C10 and C14 in Bermondsey. The proposal is currently at the outline design stage and is planned for construction next year, 2025, pending consultation and approval.

The proposed Route Alignment

We would like to hear from affected residents and local businesses, and those who travel though the area to feed in to the design for both cycling and walking improvements.

Phases

Phases overview

Tanner Street to Willow Walk Cycle Route - Early Engagement

Tanner Street to Willow Walk Cycle Route - Consultation

Tanner Street to Willow Walk - Results and Feedback

3 March 2025 - No end date

The informal consultation closed on 20 October 2024.

Residents were invited to participate in an online survey to review the outline designs and show support or vote against the proposals, and provide individual feedback. The online consultation was publicised via postcard flyers that were circulated to 5174 addresses on or nearby the route. On the postal flyers a QR code directed people to the online survey consultation webpage, or alternatively the url was displayed so they could visit the website to have their say.

There was also a freepost address to request paper copies of the survey if required.

There were three consultation events held over the course of the engagement. These were:

3pm – 5pm 17 July 2024: Kagyu Samye Dzong Buddhist Centre on Spa Road
3pm – 5pm 18 September 2024: Gazebo outside Spa Gardens
5pm – 7pm 10 October 2024: Gazebo on Druid Street

The latter was arranged as an additional event organised later in the consultation to bring it to the attention of those residents who had complained of not receiving the flyer in the initial mailout. Additional flyers were distributed and the consultation was extended an extra 2 weeks to give everyone a chance to have their say. The Druid Street engagement event was arranged later in the day to allow people to attend after work. As well as these public events officers met with businesses, local organisations (such as TRAs) and stakeholders during the course of the engagement.

A total of 280 responses were received during the consultation period, and 73% of these responses were from Bermondsey which is a good local response rate.

The results are shown below:

Do you support the changes to Druid Street for installation of a new pavement and permanent segregated contra-flow cycle lane?

Bar chart showing percentage of support (Yes is 54%, No is 19.3%, Yes but with concerns is 13.2%, Not sure 5%)

Do you support the changes to Stanworth Street and Gedling Place to restrict through traffic and make it access only?

Bar chart showing percentage of support (Yes is 59.3%, No is 20.4%, Yes but with concerns is 6.8%, Not sure 6.8%)

Do you support the changes to Neckinger to create a segregated contra-flow cycle lane and a better aligned cycle crossing on Abbey St?

Bar chart showing percentage of support (Yes is 35%, No is 18.9%, Yes but with concerns is 5%, Not sure 3.2%)

Do you support the changes to the Grange Road junction with Spa Road?

Bar chart showing percentage of support (Yes is 56.8%, No is 23.2%, Yes but with concerns is 11.8%, Not sure 5.4%)

Do you support the traffic calming and buildouts to slow vehicle speeds at the Willow Walk junction with Curtis Street?

Bar chart showing percentage of support (Yes is 63.9%, No is 18.6%, Yes but with concerns is 5%, Not sure 6.4%)

Do you support the replacement of chicane guardrail with bollards at Bacon Grove / Curtis Street to allow for better cycle and pedestrian access?

Bar chart showing percentage of support (Yes is 37.5%, No is 10%, Yes but with concerns is 3.6%, Not sure 3.2%)

The full Consultation Summary Report is attached below. Given the positive results with majority responses in favour of the scheme the recommendation from Officers is to proceed. However there were lots of good suggestions from the consultation feedback and these will be considered in the development of the detailed design.

The decision was made by Lead Cabinet Member on 11 February 2025 to approve the recommendations. A record of the Decision is published here: https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?Id=8279 .

2024 10 22 TSTWW Consultation Summary.pdf

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