We are proposing to upgrade the junction of Ealing Road and High Street, Brentford, to provide improved facilities for cyclists, buses, general traffic and pedestrians.
The junction which we hope to improve also accommodates four bus routes (65, 237, 267 and N9). Possibly, route 235 will be extended from Brentford County Court to the A4 Great West Road via Ealing Road in 2010 when the Great West Quarter development is nearing completion.
Ealing Road and High Street are also part of the London Cycle Network (“LCN+”), which aims to provide “continuous, fast, safe, comfortable and easy-to use” facilities for cyclists.
Background
The current junction is a unusual design. High Street to the west of the junction is a single carriageway while to the east there is a short section of dual carriageway. This means that there is a poor alignment between the two sides of the junction, with eastbound traffic needing to weave slightly as it proceeds through the junction. The eastbound approach is too narrow for motor traffic (especially buses) to operate comfortably at current traffic volumes. None of the approaches to the junction are wide enough to accommodate cycle lanes.
For more information, the scheme plans for the proposed improvements are available to download.
Subject to approval by the Council’s Isleworth & Brentford Area Committee, these improvements would be installed in early 2009. The scheme would be funded by Transport for London through its LCN+ and bus priority programmes.
In November 2008 we asked you for your views on this scheme. All responses received were incorporated into a report to the area committee’s 11 December meeting
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