News on Stoke Newington LEN

Dear All,

We are writing to provide you with an update regarding the proposed Stoke Newington Low Emissions Neighbourhood, following a community workshop in January 2020 and an online Commonplace exercise in January/February 2020 where local residents, businesses and community groups discussed issues and ideas for enhancing the local conditions to promote walking and cycling, reducing traffic on the road and improving local air quality.

The report detailing the feedback of local residents and businesses in the workshop and on Commonplace can be downloaded here . The Commonplace can be viewed here . We originally planned to use the comments from these engagement exercises to inform our detailed designs and proceed towards formal consultation on a scheme later in 2020 or early 2021.

Given the urgent need during the coronavirus pandemic to support people to walk and cycle, maintain social distancing and protect them from increased traffic as lockdown eases, we are proposing to accelerate the project, using comments that local residents and businesses provided to develop a scheme that improves the area for walking and cycling. Furthermore, the measures aim to contribute towards a green recovery and promote active travel in the long term.

In order to progress these proposals quickly, funding is being sought from Transport for London and Department for Transport emergency funding. We are also liaising with the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund about the continuation of our Low Emissions Neighbourhood (LEN) and our Zero Emissions Network (ZEN) funding.

If funding is confirmed, we will be writing to all residents and businesses in the area to outline our proposals in full, including how you will be able to have your say and what kind of wider benefits we expect these measures to bring.

If you have any questions in the interim, you can contact the relevant project officers at movegreener@hackney.gov.uk

Kind Regards,

Andrew Cunningham

Head of Streetscene