Plans for major new Cycleway in southeast London

5km Cycleway between Greenwich and Woolwich will tackle danger along one of the area’s most dangerous roads.Plans include new pedestrian crossings and segregated cycle lanes, with initial proposals for a complete overhaul of the Angerstein roundabout in developmentA new 2km bus lane would also make bus journeys in the area faster and more reliableTransport for London is inviting people to have their say on the first phase of the plans, between Charlton and Woolwich, before 16 FebruaryTransport for London (TfL) has set out plans to overhaul one of southeast London’s most dangerous roads and make neighbourhoods between Greenwich and Woolwich much safer for people walking and cycling, as part of its Vision Zero commitment to eliminating death and serious injury on London’s roads.Currently, road danger in the area is high, with 215 collisions leading to death or injury recorded along the A206 Woolwich Road in 2017 and 2018. In 2017, 18 per cent of all casualties on the road were people cycling.TfL plans to tackle this and improve air quality in the area by building a new high quality 6.5km Cycleway, which would run between Greenwich and Woolwich. This would connect to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s future Liveable Neighbourhood plans for Greenwich Town Centre and to Cycleway 4 to create a continuous safe cycling route from Tower Bridge to Woolwich.TfL is asking people to have their say on the first phase of this route, between Charlton and Woolwich, with plans including:A new two-way, fully segregated high-quality 2.5km Cycleway, which would run along the A206 Woolwich RoadSix new pedestrian crossings with improvements to a number of others along the route, serving key local communities, schools, the Woolwich Ferry and Warspite Road, where a person walking was tragically killed in a collision in 2018Extending the existing bus lanes to make journeys by bus quicker and easier. Half of all trips along Woolwich Road are currently made by busWidening the pavement at a number of locations, to give people walking more spaceTfL is also working on significant improvements at the Angerstein roundabout, where two people have been killed while cycling in recent years. TfL is asking people for their initial thoughts on plans to simplify the junction and make it easier to navigate for everyone. This would effectively mean that the junction would no longer be a roundabout. There would be a new fully segregated cycleway through the junction, with new signals to help people walking and cycling navigate the junction safely and easily.Currently, traffic levels on the road effectively mean that communities either side are split by the road. The changes would make it much easier for people to choose to walk, cycle and use public transport rather than travelling by car. There are two schools along the proposed route and the changes would make it easier and safer for people to get to school using sustainable forms of travel.TfL’s consultation into the first 2.5km of the route, between Charlton and Woolwich, is now open until 16 February and is available on the TfL website at tfl.gov.uk/greenwich-woolwich. A further consultation on the section between Charlton and Greenwich will follow.The Royal Borough of Greenwich will be consulting on its TfL-funded Liveable Neighbourhood scheme in Greenwich Town Centre in the spring. The scheme is set to transform the existing, outdated one-way system to make it safer and easier for people using public transport, walking and cycling. As part of the plans, a new segregated Cycleway through the town centre would connect west towards central London via Cycleway 4 and east towards Woolwich.