£3.8 million facelift will take nine months to complete
Residents are being reminded that there will be several major road works happening over the coming weeks.
Hammersmith FlyoverRepairs and resurfacing work continues this weekend with full closures eastbound from tonight (Friday June 27) at 10.30pm until late tomorrow night, followed by westbound closure from the early hours of Sunday morning until 5am on Monday (June 30).
There will then be a westbound closure every weekend for the next five weeks, until August 4.For more information on the flyover visit: www.tfl.gov.uk/hammersmithflyover(opens new window) or contact TfL 24/7 on 0343 222 1234, via the web atwww.tfl.gov.uk/contact (opens new window) or email at enquire@tfl.gov.uk.
For the latest travel information, visit www.tfl.gov.uk/trafficnews (opens new window) or follow @tfltrafficnews on Twitter (opens new window). Goldhawk Road
Work to improve Goldhawk Road begins on Monday (June 30), as part of a £3.8m project to regenerate Shepherds Bush town centre. The scheme will take a total of nine months to complete and includes work to widen and repave the footways, resurface the carriageway, de-clutter the street, provide better loading spaces for businesses and more space for safer cycling. There will be no road or lane closures during the works
or more information on the scheme click here.
Putney Bridge
Wandsworth Council has announced that Putney Bridge will close to all vehicles from Monday, July 14 for essential maintenance. The initial six-month closure timetable has been revised downwards with engineers predicting the works could be completed in around half that time.
While the works are on-going, pedestrians will still be able to cross the bridge, as will cyclists although they will need to dismount. Buses will operate a shuttle service from both ends of the bridge. This means that passengers will need to cross it on foot to carry on their journeys. Hammersmith & Fulham Council will monitor the works closely to ensure that Wandsworth Council ticks to this timetable and keeps disruption to a minimum.Visit Wandsworth Council's information page on Putney Bridge (opens new window).
UK Power Networks will be working in Paddenswick Road at the junction of Dalling Road on July 2-3 to lay a new electricity supply. The work will be done under two-way traffic lights and will be from 8am to 4pm on both days.
Thames Water will be completing repairs to a damaged water main on Hammersmith Road at the junction with Brook Green. The work begins on Monday June 30 and is expected to be finished by Wednesday July 2. There will be three-way traffic lights while the work is going on.
For a full list of current and planned road works in the borough, click here.
ork begins today, June 30 to improve Goldhawk Road, one of Shepherds Bush’s busiest roads, in a £3.8m major revamp.
Hammersmith & Fulham Council is carrying out work to widen and repave the footways, resurface the carriageway and de-clutter the street.
It is part of the wider Shepherd's Bush town centre west regeneration scheme covering the area from the eastern ends of Goldhawk Road and Uxbridge Road to Coverdale Road and Devonport Road.
The works, which also include better loading spaces for businesses and more space for safer cycling, will last nine months and will be done in phases. Until the road is resurfaced next year, traffic will still be able to travel in both directions.
The project includes plans to upgrade and redesign the roads and footways in the area and improve pedestrian crossing points, which will provide better links between Shepherds Bush and White City.
The improvements could last up to 20 years, meaning that fewer street repairs will be needed in the future, saving taxpayers money.
The enhancements are also expected to lead to a 35% reduction in the number of road traffic accidents in Goldhawk Road and Uxbridge Road in future.
Councillor Wesley Harcourt, cabinet member for transport, environment and residents’ services, says: " As with any road improvements, we need to ensure that disruption is kept to an absolute minimum. If any issues do arise from the works, I want to hear from residents so that I can endeavour to make things better for them."
The project has also been appointed the council’s flagship Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) pilot scheme. SuDS solutions help better manage the rate of flow and the amount of rainwater that enters the sewers, helping to reduce the risk of flooding.
The types of suitable SuDS measures that will be used could include permeable surfaces, more trees and greenery. Lime Grove has been highlighted as one area that would benefit in particular from improvements to the road through the introduction of SuDS.
If the trial in Shepherds Bush is successful, the council says it could lead to the widespread use of SuDS across the borough in future.
For further information contact Clayton Wong, transport planner, by emailing clayton.wong@lbhf.gov.uk.
For more information on the scheme visit: Shepherd's Bush Town Centre West regeneration scheme.
June 30, 2014