Cycle highways set to link railway stations in Lewisham
By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter
Lewisham council has revealed plans for 11 new cycling projects, including routes to connect key railway stations in the borough, a segregated lane in a busy main road and bike-friendly zebra crossings.
Among the proposed schemes revealed in a council report about the development of the borough’s cycle network are a bike route linking New Cross Gate railway station to Crofton Park railway station and a route connecting Elverson Road DLR station with Catford railway station.
A segregated bike track, where the cycle lane is physically separated from the road as opposed to just by a painted line, is planned for Deptford Church Street. The lane would run along the road between the A2 Deptford Broadway and the A200 Creek Road.Â
A crossing in Pagnell Street in New Cross would be upgraded to a parallel zebra crossing – a type of zebra crossing that cyclists can use as well as pedestrians, as would a crossing at Southend Lane in Sydenham.Â
Other projects would see a number of new cycle routes be introduced across the borough, including in Cold Blow Lane in New Cross, along Rolt Street and Gosterwood Street in Deptford and in Molesworth Street in Lewisham centre.Â
The proposed schemes also include 18 contraflow cycle projects, where cyclists go in the opposite direction of traffic, and the replacement of the Waterlink Way footbridge in Catford.
The projects are dependent on the council winning Transport for London (TfL) funding, which it submitted a ÂŁ2 million bid for in November 2023. It is unlikely Lewisham will be awarded enough cash to begin all the proposed projects, but it hopes to be awarded enough money to start work on some of them.
The council has already won ÂŁ329,000 in cash from TfL for cycling schemes that are already under construction or in the process of being designed or developed. These include cycle routes between Elverson Road and Catford, as well as between Sydenham railway station and Waterlink Way, as well as a crossing in Brockley Road.Â
Pictured top: Lewisham council’s headquarters in Catford (Picture: Google Street View)
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