Road 'improvements' in Kennington

[friendofdorothy]

The works near Oval tube station affecting several junctions starts on 22nd March and will last the reast of the year, affecting the junctions of:

• A3 Kennington Park Road
• A23 Kennington Road
• A202 Harleyford Street and Camberwell New Road
• A23 Brixton Road

Having studied the leaflet I can't see what is so radical that it should take so long - it involves cycle paths, traffic lanes and changes in priority. The illustrations dont look that different to now - am I missing something?
As I work in the middle of the darker 'avoid all day area I think this will make my days very difficult for the rest of 2015 - arrgh!

 

[Crispy]

These junctions are currently very dangerous to cycle through and these improvements are going to be a godsend. Properly segregated cycle lanes with kerbs, dedicated green light phases. It's going to be fantastic.

 

[Crispy]

Heading North (away from the camera in this view), you currently have to cross a lane of moving traffic, and risk being run over by traffic turning left. Now the left/straight cycle lanes are much wider, with a dedicated phase in the lights to let cycle traffic go ahead while holding left-bound cars. Brilliant.

Heading South (towards the camera) you currently have to share with buses. Now there's a segregated lane. Brilliant.

Heading South (towards the top right of the image), you currently have to barge into the LH lane (which just has a useless bit of blue paint on it) and risk getting run over by traffic turning left. Now there's a segregated lane with a dedicated ahead phase in the lights to let cycle traffic go South while left-bound cars are held back. Brilliant.

Heading North from Brixton (from the top left), the current cycle lane is narrow and on-road. You risk getting squashed by buses. Now it's much wider, and segregated. Brilliant.

I ride through this junction every day and I CANNOT WAIT for this to happen

 

[plurker]

The works near Oval tube station affecting several junctions starts on 22nd March

Lanes have been already coned off, for at least the past few days, by Kennington Park PO. I agree that the works seem to be scheduled for far too long - the rest of the year? WTF?

Heading South (towards the camera) you currently have to share with buses. Now there's a segregated lane. Brilliant.

If I'm heading down towards Clapham, ie straight on, that segregated cycle lane doesn't look wide enough for more than one, possibly two, bikes. At 6.30pm there are usually 20+ there, more in summer. Will they all queue single-file? No way to pass as it's segregated - I'll ride in the car lane I reckon, where that white mini-van is

That aside: I wholeheartedly agree with this:

I ride through this junction every day and I CANNOT WAIT for this to happen

 

[Crispy]

If I'm heading down towards Clapham, ie straight on, that segregated cycle lane doesn't look wide enough for more than one, possibly two, bikes. At 6.30pm there are usually 20+ there, more in summer. Will they all queue single-file? No way to pass as it's segregated - I'll ride in the car lane I reckon, where that white mini-van is

It's 2m wide. plenty of space for 2 abreast. It does narrow down on the other side of the junction though

 

[friendofdorothy]

I can't work out - are the cycle lanes defined by a kerb or something? or is it just colour / paint.

 

[Crispy]

I can't work out - are the cycle lanes defined by a kerb or something? or is it just colour / paint.

Northbound, by a kerb. Southbound, they're raised from the road (the pavement is double-kerbed along there so it's tricky to lower).

Detailed plan: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/betterjunctions/oval/user_uploads/oval-consultation-drawing.pdf

 

[friendofdorothy]

Northbound, by a kerb. Southbound, they're raised from the road (the pavement is double-kerbed along there so it's tricky to lower).

Detailed plan: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/betterjunctions/oval/user_uploads/oval-consultation-drawing.pdf

I saw that in the leaflet that was delivered to my workplace today - but couldn't really work what it all meant. It doesn't look that different from now - I must be missing something.

Can't understand why the work will take so long. Any roadwork/accident/problem at the oval junction generally means traffis tailbacks as far as stockwell/ camberwell / river. I'm dreading my journey to work when this starts.