The plans include major changes for the Elephant & Castle, the IMAX roundabout and including Brent Cross and Barking Riverside, and have been unveiled today (4th March) as part of the Mayor’s Roads Task Force.
A key focus of the plans is the redevelopment of the notorious northern roundabout at Elephant and Castle in plans that will create 5,000 new homes and 4,000 jobs whilst vastly improve the facilities for road users and local residents.
The IMAX roundabout at Waterloo will also be redeveloped, creating better interchange facilities at Waterloo station as well as improved facilities for cyclists.
Other individual schemes announced will see work on: Croydon Fiveways, Balham High Road, Brent Cross/Cricklewood, Charlie Brown's Roundabout, Euston Road, Lombard Roundabout, London Road Roundabout, Malden Rushett, Mill Hill Circus, Purley Cross Gyratory, Renwick Road (Barking Riverside), Seven Sisters Road – Woodberry Down, Stoke Newington Gyratory, Thornton Heath Ponds, Trinity Road/ Burntwood Lane, Tulse Hill Gyratory and Victoria Circus.
Today also marks the completion of a major project to transform Euston Circus, one of London’s biggest and busiest road junctions. The overhaul, which will make the junction safer for cyclists and pedestrians as well as significantly increase space for urban realm, is the first major project in the Capital to be delivered using the recommendations set out by the Mayor’s Roads Task Force.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: ‘Smarter design of our roads and public spaces, exemplified by our radical plans for Elephant & Castle, will play a key role in ensuring that London remains the best big city to live, work and invest. We’ve been hard at work putting the bold and imaginative blueprint of the Road’s Task Force into practice and we’re now seeing the fruits of that labour at key locations across the Capital.’
