ROYAL PARKS launches MOVEMENT STRATEGY

[David Joss Buckley]

This just in.  Some good news here... 

Following two phases of public engagement with input from thousands of members of the public, transport partners and our neighbouring local boroughs, we are proud to launch our first ever Movement Strategy and announce the details of five trial projects we intend to trial later in the year.

The Royal Parks’ Movement Strategy sets a coherent framework to help shape and inform the policies relating to how park visitors can access, experience and move within the parks. In line with the principles of the strategy, all the trials seek to restrict cut through motor traffic on park roads and create new spaces for park visitors to enjoy.

Reducing the volume of cut-through traffic in the parks has long been an aspiration for The Royal Parks. As a result of the current Covid-19 crisis, the parks have been temporarily fully closed or partially closed to motor vehicles since the end of March, therefore most of the measures listed below are already in place.

The trials include:

In Bushy Park, restricting all through traffic with a partial road closure between Teddington and Hampton Court Gates
In St James’s and Green Parks, closing the Mall and Constitution Hill to traffic on Saturdays, in addition to the regular Sunday closures
In Greenwich Park, a full-time closure of the Avenue to cut through vehicle traffic
In Hyde Park, trial closures of North Carriage Drive permanently, and South Carriage Drive on Saturdays, in addition to the regular Sunday closures
In Richmond Park, reducing cut through motor vehicles (with more details to follow).

The trials will last for six months and will not formally start until the car parks are fully re-opened. We will announce further details, including the start date of the trials and consultation period as soon as is possible.

Please get in touch with any questions, comments or concerns > [e-mail]

Kind regards,

Mat Bonomi, Head of Transport & Access

[Andy Davidson]

This is good news. A relief to see Royal Parks finally wake up and realise that perhaps their role isn’t to provide roads for rat running motorists.

[David Joss Buckley]

Agreed, Andy....  but The Regent's Park is glaringly conspicuous by its absence.

[Tim Fitzpatrick]

There’s now a chance to comment on the movement strategies, here is the link:

www.royalparks.org.uk/managing-the-parks/park-strategies/the-royal-parks-transport-and-movement-strategy

[Tim Fitzpatrick]

Survey results:

www.royalparks.org.uk/managing-the-parks/park-strategies/the-royal-parks-transport-and-movement-strategy/background-documents

[Ray Cox]

thanks. Good to see those results