Hounslow Council


Access improvements at Chiswick overground station

The London Borough of Hounslow proposes to implement a programme of enhancements to the streets adjacent to the north side of Chiswick Overground Railway Station, primarily to improve pedestrian access to the station from the surrounding streets.  The work is also designed to improve access to the E3 bus service

The proposed access improvements will be funded this financial year by Transport for London (TfL) via Sweltrac (the South and West London Transport Conference - a partnership of the southwest London local authorities, TfL and the transport operators).  Further funding may also be available through TfL’s bus priority programmes to reduce delays to buses on Sutton Court Road near the station.

Scheme details

The proposals include:

  • A zebra crossing across Burlington Lane in the immediate vicinity of the station entrance;

  • Raised entry treatments across Park Road and Russell Kerr Close at their junctions with Burlington Lane;

  • Extended bus stops to permit the buses to pull in against the kerb to allow passengers to board and alight more easily;

  • A new bus shelter outside 1 and 2 Station Parade and an enlarged and relocated shelter on Sutton Court Road northwest of the station entrance;

  • New parking restrictions (double yellow lines) adjacent to and opposite Russell Kerr Close and at the Park Road junction;

  • Five Pay & Display parking spaces on Park Road, for visitors to the local shops and services;

  • Minor road-widening on Park Road to accommodate the above bays;

  • Three or four Loading Only spaces on Burlington Lane;

  • Widening of the Sutton Court Road carriageway between Park Road and 170 Sutton Court Road, to address issues of bus conflict and delays, while maintaining on-street car parking;

  • New parking restrictions (double yellow lines) on the northeast side of Sutton Court Road between 164 and 170, at the sharp bend where the road turns away from the railway line.

  • Extensive footway repairs and/or repaving.

Mature trees would not be affected by the proposed road-widening, but some smaller specimens would be transplanted to or replaced nearby on the footway.  There may also be an opportunity for further tree planting and environmental enhancement.

Scheme plans

Scheme plans are available:

Consultation

A local-area consultation commenced on Tuesday 10 October, when information was mailed to businesses and residences in the area immediately north and east of Chiswick Station. More recently, the Area Committee requested the consultation to be extended to a wider area including the remainder of Park Road, and Milnthorpe Road, Staveley Road, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield Road, and Eastbourne Road.

The original consultation deadline of 10 November has been extended to 20 November. Responses received after 20 November but before 6 December will be reported verbally to the Area Committee but will not be included in the formal consultation report, which must be completed by 23 November to meet the statutory requirement to publish this report at least five working days prior to the meeting date.

Residents and business operators in the wider area are also welcome to contribute to the consultation.

Please let the Council have your views.  If you support or disagree with the scheme as a whole, or specific elements of it, please let us know.  If you wish to comment on specific items, it would be helpful if you would use the proposal descriptions shown in the consultation plan.

Please respond by e-mail to transportplanning@hounslow.gov.uk with Chiswick Station Access Improvements in the subject line.

Alternatively, print off the response form and send it to us by either fax or post:

Transport Planning & Policy
Street Management and Public Protection
London Borough of Hounslow
Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN.

Fax: 020 8583 5233

Please note that we cannot usually provide individual replies to consultation responses, but please be assured that your views will be taken into account by the Area Committee in deciding whether to approve or modify the schemes.

Please note that the deadline for your response to this consultation is Tuesday 20 November.

The results of the consultation will be considered by the Chiswick Area Committee on 6 December 2006.  If the Area Committee approves the scheme, implementation would commence soon afterwards and the whole scheme should be in place by the end of March 2007.