Point Zero des Routes to The Prime Meridian at Greenwich

Proposed route Le Avenue Verte 265 Miles, 425 Km.
Note that I have not cycled the French part of this route, so we will be finding our way as we go.

Planned itinerary

Day 1: 69 miles cycling, including 8 miles to Kings Cross and 4 miles Gare du Nord to Notre Dame

2/4/10 05:25 Depart King Cross on Eurostar
(£50 non-flexible ticket plus £20 bike booking fee)

2/4/10 08:50 Arrive Gare du Nord

2/4/10 11:00 Depart Point Zero des Routes
Note that this is not the usual Greenwich Cyclists departure point of Cutty Sark Gardens

2/4/10 18:00 Arrive Camping Saint Paul, Lyons la Foret
(camping 10 Euros, self catering chalet about 20 Euros based on 3 sharing)

Day 2: 47 miles cycling

3/4/10 10:00 Depart Camping Saint Paul

3/4/10 18:00 Arrive Camping Vitamin, Dieppe
(Camping 13 Euros, self catering Chalet about 30 Euros based on 3 sharing)

Day 3: 44 miles cycling

4/4/10 06:30 Depart Dieppe LD Lines Ferry

4/4/10 10:30 Arrive Newhaven

4/4/10 18:00 Arrive East Grinstead campsite or bed and breakfast
(Camping £8 per person; bed and breakfast £31 per person)

Day 4: 42 miles cycling

5/4/10 10:00 Depart East Grinstead

5/4/10 16:00 Arrive Prime Meridian, Greenwich

Please contact me by Monday 8th February if interested in this tour and let me know if you prefer camping or self-catering/bed and breakfast accommodation.  I will require a deposit of at least £100 per person by Monday 15th February before I make any bookings.

Tom Crispin

If you're interested in Josie Dew's talk on Monday (
http://sustrans-info.org.uk/6EB-2YC0-N9B4V-1MIKK-0/c.aspx),
I have two tickets to give away (but feel free to donate to Sustrans
http://www.sustransshop.co.uk/pages/support). Contact me off-list if
you want them.

Werner

Next week.

Should complete by end March 2010.

Tim Mantle of the Project Centre said this morning. The scheme is very
much as consulted on.

Good.

Barry
07905 889 005

The postponed December meeting will take place tonight , it's always a good social experience and we hope that a few of you will be keen to lead rides over the next 6 weeks or so

See You There

Andrew Fergar

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Tonight is 6.30pm Dog&Bell rides meeting then 7.30pm Greenwich Cyclists
meeting.

No Afterworker this Thursday.

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Royal Greenwich Cyclists then
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:38:13 +0000
From: Barry Mason <barrymasonuk@...>
To: greenwich cyclists <greenwichcyclists@yahoogroups.com>

In 2012: just in time for tonight's meeting:
http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/RoyalGreenwich/RoyalGreenwi\
ch.htm

Really enjoyed this Iron Curtain ride report/blog:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8429885.stm

Barry
07905 889 005
Barnes Wetlands Centre yesterday: great views of bittern and water rail
on the ice....plus snipe and more.

And Sweet Charity at the Chocolate Factory last night was bliss. 60's
New York. Big Spender, Rhythm of Life, If my friends could see me now
etc. Wonderfully staged, great song and dance numbers in tiny intimate
venue with no seats further than 15 metres from the stage. Doesn't get
better than this. Rode home in lovely snow non-icy deserted streets.
Very very deservedly sold out right through March. Some restricted view
seats. Catch it there before the West End transfer:
http://www.menierchocolatefactory.com/news.php?id=46

Southwark Council is consulting on introducing a 20mph speed limit to the area
bounded by Southwark Street, Borough High St/Newington Causeway, St George's
Road and Blackfriars Road.  London Road, Borough Road and Southwark Bridge Road
would keep the 30mph default.  The consultation deadline is 22 January,
implementation is planned for spring 2010 and the contact is
sharada.kalakheti@...

Unlike a 20mph zone which has traffic calming in, this would be a 20mph limit,
so no new traffic calming but instead over a hundred new speed limit signs.  In
addition to this new street clutter there would be ugly red markings at all
boundary points.  These quiet, winding and often characterful streets would be
swamped with the 'graffiti of the traffic engineer', yet there would be a
negligible change to speeds which are already close to 20mph.  The official
Manual for Streets already rallies strongly against introducing new clutter to
lightly trafficked streets like these.

In contrast, the main cycle route through the area Southwark Bridge Road would
stay at 30mph, which along with Borough Road etc. would remain barriers to
active travel.  These are the roads where most of the collisions happen too.

A few days after coming back from Copenhagen I crossed Tower Bridge late one
night.  I felt I was back in Denmark as the drivers were suddenly so polite and
not trying to squeeze past me.  Then I remembered it was the 20mph that was
making such a difference to riding on a main road.

Fortunately there is a way to change Southwark's proposal into something that is
not one step forward, one step back.  At the end of last month the Department
for Transport published new guidance on speed limits.  Thanks to those who wrote
in following my email appeal last July - in the end over half of those
responding to the Road Safety Consultation based their submissions on CPRE's -
and lobbying of ministers and hard work with officials, we made a great deal of
progress and a brand new approach for 20mph can be trialled.

Southwark could apply to the DfT to make the whole area a 20mph zone without
needing traffic calming on every single street as speeds are already low. 
Borough Road already has a raised crossing, while many of the smaller streets
have humps. Not only would this remove the need for extra signage clutter inside
the zone, the money saved could be used to add a gentle hump or two to Southwark
Bridge Road to keep speeds down on it too and include it within a wider 20mph. 
(London Road is too ambitious for the moment and is TfL's responsibility).

I hope this suggestion will win the support of Southwark Cyclists and Living
Streets so that Southwark can be the first authority in the country to try this
cost effective way of rolling out 20mph.  Then we could seek this 20mph zone
extended across and including Southwark Street (perhaps converting some of the
pedestrian crossings into raised zebras) all the way to the river.

regards

Ralph

Hi

As much as I would love to go, I can't find the time.

However, if anyone does go, I would love to know why Josie eats her lunches in
graveyards!

All the best

Charlie

Interesting Rob - didn't see the second of that two partner - rather gone off Dr
Who since Christopher Eccleston.

To your mail - do you mean Cooks Road?

The small shopping centre along it (almost opposite Lorrimore Road) is in the
Christopher Eccleston series - The
mum of the Billie Piper character lives there* - Lewisham Cyclists did a ride
past there a while ago - see link
with reference to photos - also, if you venture into the Brandon Estate, one of
Southwark/London's (maybe the
country's) most secret Henry Moores - top marks to whoever decided to put it
there - have done a couple of rides
past there and both times have had to resist having a go at folks who made cheap
jokes about it being wasted there.*

*The occasional duties of tact needed by ride leaders also prevent me mentioning
which of our occasional
Southwark/Lewisham riders confessed to having a thing about Rose's mum - almost
had to drag him away from the
hallowed ground.

That link.

http://www.lewishamcyclists.net/images/Gallery/Richmond/Richmond%20rep.html

all the best

Paul


Quoting robainsley2 <rob_ainsley@...>:

> --- In southwarkcyclists@yahoogroups.com, Barry Mason <barrymasonuk@...>
> wrote:
> > And of course the great last Dr Who. And that haunting line....We're
> > just a salvage crew.
>
> For anyone who doesn't know, that final regeneration scene in the snowy
> shopping centre - where the dying Doctor meets Billie Piper - was shot just
> near the Elephant, on Cook's Road, back in May.
>
> I blogged about the surprise of finding 'snow' in early summer (actually it's
> cotton wool):
> <a
> href="http://realcycling.blogspot.com/2009/05/snow-in-may-must-be-dr-
who.html">http://realcycling.blogspot.com/2009/05/snow-in-may-must-be-dr-who.htm\
l</a>
>
> You might just be able to catch in on BBC iPlayer - it's right near the end,
> in the last five minutes or so.
>
> Rob
>
>
>


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--- In southwarkcyclists@yahoogroups.com, Barry Mason <barrymasonuk@...> wrote:
> And of course the great last Dr Who. And that haunting line....We're
> just a salvage crew.

For anyone who doesn't know, that final regeneration scene in the snowy shopping
centre - where the dying Doctor meets Billie Piper - was shot just near the
Elephant, on Cook's Road, back in May.

I blogged about the surprise of finding 'snow' in early summer (actually it's
cotton wool):
<a
href="http://realcycling.blogspot.com/2009/05/snow-in-may-must-be-dr-who.html">h\
ttp://realcycling.blogspot.com/2009/05/snow-in-may-must-be-dr-who.html</a>

You might just be able to catch in on BBC iPlayer - it's right near the end, in
the last five minutes or so.

Rob

www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/Travel/TravelNews/Have-your-say-on-Greenwich-car-\
free-scheme.htm

This could be excellent.  I think they should go for an amended option 2,
involving a bus (& cycle) contraflow at least for Creek Road, but could allow
much of Greenwich High Road to be two-way for all traffic - though it wouldn't
be a through route for private motor traffic.  Also have a short cycle
contraflow at the northern end of Norman Road and make the rest of it two-way
for all traffic.

We need to give comparative advantages to sustainable modes and reallocate road
space from private motor traffic.  The above would represent the best balance.


Ralph



From: Barry
Subject: Greenwich Town Centre Pedestrianisation by 2012?



One of the few World Heritage sites with a huge road running through,
top quartile asthma rates, and a hige opportunity ....and at last
Greenwich Council has published proposals to pedestrianise Greenwich
Town Centre.

And that's a big thing.

Where?:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=538347&Y=177725&A=Y&Z=110

Pedestrianise?

That's their marketing line. Careful.

Nothing on Greenwich's website yet but go see the display at Devonport
House, King William Walk on 19/20/21 December. 10am-8pm.

5 options. Too complex to describe here.

Common to all options is pedestrianisation of College Approach
and the North End of King William Walk. Good start.

Option one makes Nelson Road two-way.

Option 2 makes the whole one way.

Option 5 has bike contraflows on Greenwich High Road, Greenwich Church
Street and Creek Road.

The Greenwich Society is in there insider quick and fretting about
"considerably extended journeys for local people...right round the
proposed gyratory system".

And they don't mean on their bikes.

Local people cyclists need to ask why other locals need to drive from
the library to the pool. Station to Oddbins. Dog to park. Whatever.

Responses to Greenwich Council needed by 15 January.

There's nothing about grassing over Romney Road that so vandalises the
area and cuts the Old Royal Naval College off from the National Maritime
Museum. But I'd settle for that in 2013.

LCC newsletter:
http://tinyurl.com/y93q8bw

Interesting GLA report on a world I never see. 4 people per square metre
with individual adaptation strategies about getting more ruthless or
shutting down. Asking Caroline Pigeon why the recommendations of the
report don't include getting more people onto bikes, as TfL aims:
http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/reports/transport/too-close-for-comfort.pdf

Barry
07905 889 005

To Alan Bennett's Habit of Art at the National Theatre on Boxing Day.
Never seen the racks alongside so empty. Play wonderful for the first 30
minutes, fine up to the interval, dies after. But worth it. Rent's bike
on stage. January's London Review of Books pages 34/35 is Bennett's
diary. His bike stolen night before play opened. Why ever does he leave
it out?:
*******************
"17 November 2008. A bit of noise outside last night and R. peered
through the window and could see nothing, though hearing somebody
laughing. This morning my bike is gone, the crime-proof lock still
attached to the railings. This is only the second time I’ve had a bike
stolen and so I suppose I ought to think myself lucky. The play opens
tonight but it’s the bike I’m thinking about and I keep going to the
window to look at the place where it was".
**************

Several bikes in the new Sherlock Holmes. Loved it. Wonderful wonderful
London/dockland/Greenwich etc etc locations, too much for one viewing to
take in, manically dressed packed screens, pacey, witty, irresistible.
Great Downey/Law chemistry - February's Sight & Sounds cracking review
rightly highlights the bromance (their ace word) of it all. But see
their synopsis on page 78..."The combat eventually leads out to the
work-in-progress of London Bridge....". Ouch, a bridge too far. It's
Tower Bridge under construction they vertigo on.

Saw it on doublebill afternoon after Nine....set in period Rome during
the making of 8 and a half. 35% of the film was perfect, the rest
clunked along badly. But worth it alone for Rome and several of the song
and dances (and the supremely steamy Cruz solo that had stamps falling
off envelopes in the post box opposite Greenwich Picture House):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJpwwdOomtY

And of course the great last Dr Who. And that haunting line....We're
just a salvage crew.

New year at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory. Spotted the Great White Egret
as we walked alongside Roaring Gutter Dike a mile away across the
marshes.

Just a reminder that the usual last Wednesday of the month meeting has been moved to Wednesday 6^th January , these meetings are informal and very social – well worth dropping in on .

Andrew Fergar

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See below for lovely happy feet Sarah's 1 January ride.

Good that all the ice had gone but only one other at Cutty Sark Gardens
at 9.50am yesterday. Ouch.

But more. Small 14 of us slowly up the main roads to Rotherhithe smiling
Merry Christmas at mostly lovely people, through empty Southwark Park
(so sad cafe's closed until further notice), off Jamaica Road into Shad
Thames and down Horselydown Lane, under Tower Bridge and More London
riverside to Southwark Needle. Lots more here, sherry (thanks Black
Knight and for backmarking too), mince pies and shortbread and a dozen
calls from the late and the lost. Loads not seen for ages. Phoned lunch
stop, expect 40.

Editor of LCC magazine group photo'd and asked which pub we were aiming
for. Duke's Head, Putney. Amazing says he. My sister and husband took it
over 3 weeks ago. And I once worked there 2/3 nights a week for 5 or 6
years says I.

Down Tooley Street and right onto Druid Street* and there was Santa's
surprise little grotto open ready. Tor of Druid Cycles had loads of
brandied mulled gluhwein for the 100 bikes forewarned. Surprised and
delighted. What is that?!? asked a bemused. Most had no idea it was
there. Several lovely bikes in progress in the paintbooth/workshop.
(They need an artist/letterer to help paint etc frames. 0755 101 6380).


Our 86 bikes counted leaving west. Crucifix Lane/Snowsfields/narrow
Newcomen/polo Union Street/deserted Cut/Lower Marsh tempted to go
straight on into the no-entry bit but half way down were London's only
policemen talking to someone/instant left into Frazier Street/Bayliss
Road/Hercules Road but no angels/Sail Street/Vauxhall Walk/Spring
Gardens/Parry Street/Nine Elms Lane and the new US Embassy site/into
Battersea Park under gorgeous bright sun blue sky as ordered/
riverside/heliport/100 new yards of riverside just opened/river
Wandle/Wandsworth Park riverside/quiet smile wondering how many of us
would get past condo-guard...about 12 before he woke up and diverted
rest/Embankment and the lovely Duke's Head. And new managing couple.

We filled the middle bar. Excellent to see smart tweed suit waiting foot
tapping imperturbably patient. Stayed around 30 minutes and some wine.
Left about 1pm. Call from rider whose front rim had burst, she'd rushed
home, got new wheel from neighbour, said she'd lurk for us on Kings
Road.

North over Putney Bridge/New Kings Road/Kings Road and there's that
borrowed wheeler/Chelsea Drugstore into McDreadful/Sloane Square/Sloane
Street/left onto Knightsbridge/right into Hyde Park at Alexandra
Gate/over the Serpentine (someone doing Time Out's 1,000 free things to
do in London ISBN 9781846700125 said he'd twitched 2 today: ours and
that swim)/North Carriage Drive/Marble Arch/lunch stop. The 6 of so
customers already in there were vanished as the staff quickly made a
very long table and 46 of us sat down. Several arrived to join us. Inc
organiser of bike racing films at Hammersmith Riverside. Get your
£7.50/£6.50 tickets now, we'll do ride there 24 January...
http://www.riversidestudios.co.uk/cgi-bin/page.pl?l=1260207553
Good reasonably priced Lebanese food that arrived surprising fast.
Manager delighted with us. Glad he hadn't seen a few share a hip-flask
in the alcohol-free zone - only thing that got me tetchy all day. The
sneaky disrespect I mean. Then someone said they'd met my dad in Druid's
earlier. Very strange portal stuff. And new wheeler gave me a box of
chocs. Bless. Life's like that.

Farewells were said. Some were heading for Critical Mass. Dozen or so of
us put on lights and headed under bigger ones down blissfully bus-free
Oxford Street..so noticed gentle Fleet-valleylike downward slope towards
Oxford Circus...and east through Farringon, City, London Bridge.

End.

Lovely day. Lovely people.

Barry
07905 889 005
*had intended to go through St John's Horselydown Churchyard but with
numbers Druid was better. Page 361 of English Heritage's essential Lost
London 1870-1945 has December 1940 pic of incendiary bombed 1732
Hawksmoor church. "..was one of London's most eccentric landmarks with a
huge spire in the form of a fluted Ionic column crowned with a gilded
weathervane shaped like a comet. From the ground this resembled a louse,
so it was known for many years as the "Louse Church"....Sadly the tower
   was taken down in 1948. The remaining ruins were cleared in 1972 for
the construction of the London City Mission which stands on the crypt of
the old church". And hence of course flea-bite under dreaming spires
Small Faces Itcho Coo Park. Very 1967:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVThzJppeRk



************
Erith and Back - Friday 1 January 2010

10.00 am Cutty Sark Gardens - Be on the first ride of the New Year.
Nothing like a bike ride on New Years Day to help you recover from
over-indulgence the night before. We'll ride along the river path to
Erith, then egg and chips in a greasy spoon before turning round and
coming back again to arrive in Greenwich before dark but bring lights in
case. Also best to bring a snack and a drink in case the good people of
Erith feel unable to open one of their many cafes. Suitable for all
bikes and paced for all.

Go on, you know you want to!

Sarah 07900 677706 no texts please, its good to talk.

CTUK are of course Bermondsey based in Biscuit Town....lovely people,
good courses, the custard cream of bike bizzes.

And don't forget our evening ones at OYB. January sold out. 3 February
spaces left. 8 March spaces left. £60 from April not yet booking.

Icy London cycling? Well, I've not given up my bike at all. Stuck to
main roads. Enjoyed the much less traffic, bikes included. Walked a
couple of miles with it when the icy got treacherous? Of course. Been
ultracautious? Natch. Worn more clothes? Yup....two pairs of gloves, two
of socks, 2 T shirts under normal light jacket, new thicker Altura
stirrup tights under normal shorts, woolly hat. Cleaned it more? Yes,
gritty salts nasties chain etc.

And don't believe the Cycling Councillor (this site's no spoof, honest,
and not to be confused with Southwark's Cycling Champion Councillor).
Our 2512 ride starts 10am Cutty Sark Gardens, 11am Southwark
Needle...the CC says an hour earlier...
http://www.cyclingcouncillor.com/index.asp?PageID=31

It's on Dave's Twitter thing too.

Best wishes for Christmas and 2010 and on and on.

Barry
07905 889 005
slacker...better get to work






-------- Original Message --------
Subject:  [lccbc] FW: Discounted Cycle Maintenance Course for LCC members
Date:  Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:21:33 -0000
From:  Charlie Lloyd <charlie@...>
To:  <lccbc@yahoogroups.com>





Hi,

Please pass this on to all your local email lists.



**Charlie Lloyd***
*

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*From:* Jean Mowbray [mailto:jean@...]
*Sent:* 22 December 2009 12:33
*To:* Charlie Lloyd
*Subject:* Discounted Cycle Maintenance Course for LCC members



Hi Charlie



I hope you are well. I was hoping that you would be able to distribute
this Basic Maintenance course offer to your LCC members. We are giving a
discount of 10% on weekend and a 25% discount on weekday one day basic
cycle maintenance courses through the Spring.  See below.

* *

*CTUK are offering LCC members a 10% discount on weekend and 25%
discount on weekday one day basic cycle maintenance courses throughout
the Spring. *

*Learn how to look after your old bike or new Christmas present! *



*COST: *(Normal price of one day maintenance course: £65)**

For LCC members a weekend course will cost *£58.50* and a weekday course
only *£48.75*!



*DATES:
Day courses
*January: 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 21, 22, 26, 27, 30

February: 5, 6(Women only), 9, 10, 19, 21, 24, 25

March: 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20(Brompton), 25, 26, 31

*Evening course
*January: 18, 19, 25, 26* *(Four sessions: 2 evenings a week ( 6pm-8pm)
over two weeks)

*THE COURSE:
*The day course (9.30am-5.30pm) is held at our training centre in London
SE16. The basic course covers:
Bicycle overview – names of parts and how to check a bike
Tools for the home mechanic
Preventative maintenance – cleaning and lubricating parts
Cycling in comfort – adjusting riding position
Tyres and punctures – taking off tyres and fixing punctures
Brakes – adjustment; replacing pads and cables
Gears – how gears work; indexing; replacing cables**

*BOOK NOW:
*Email *bookings@...
<mailto:bookings@...> *with contact details and
preferred date and mention ‘LCC Basic Maintenance offer’

I hope that’s okay and I hope you have a great X-mas!

Best wishes

Jean





Jean Mowbray
Marketing
Cycle Training UK ltd

I have been cycling all over London, just very very slowly, with a helmet and
with lower pressure in my tyres. Don't even think about if your brakes aren't in
good condition though because some parts are icy.
Take care out there!
Alex x

--- In southwarkcyclists@yahoogroups.com, "Vivian McClew" <vmcclew@...> wrote:
>
> Dear cyclists,
>
> Have you been cycling in this freezing weather? Are the roads in Lambeth
> and Southwark "icey", is it dangeous?
>
> I'm sick of the tube, I miss the bike, but I don't want to slide on the
> roads!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Vivian
> ---
> "We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in
> school". No Surrender
>

Really enjoyed this cracking lovely smokey one-eyed grey 15
minutes....thanks to both Charles and Werner for letting me know about:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008vv5m


Barry
07905 889 005
Crossbones tonight 6.30pm

Whatson? Lots of the new Sherlock Holmes filmed in Wren's
Greenwich...even 10 Downing Street.

---

From: southwarkcyclists@yahoogroups.com [mailto:southwarkcyclists@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vivian McClew
Sent: 22 December 2009 23:10
To: Lambeth_Cyclists@yahoogroups.com; southwarkcyclists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Southwark Cyclists] Weather and ice

 

Dear cyclists,

Have you been cycling in this freezing weather? Are the roads in Lambeth
and Southwark "icey", is it dangeous?

I'm sick of the tube, I miss the bike, but I don't want to slide on the
roads!

Thanks.

Vivian
---
"We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in
school". No Surrender

Dear cyclists,

Have you been cycling in this freezing weather? Are the roads in Lambeth
and Southwark "icey", is it dangeous?

I'm sick of the tube, I miss the bike, but I don't want to slide on the
roads!

Thanks.

Vivian
---
"We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in
school". No Surrender

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Info below.

I've asked TfL to provide cycle contraflows for the duration but don't
expect much joy.

No one at Southwark Needle last night for the Shortest Day Border ride
after I picked up last week's classes feedback from On Your Bike that
I'd forgotten to, so I rode off home, including a walked mile on
disgracefully neglected icy pavements.

On 10 December 2009, the British Medical Journal published results of a
hugely important study into London road injuries and fatalities
1986-2006. Massive study that I put a link to here then. The conclusion:
"20mph zones are effective measures for reducing road injuries and
deaths". Good to have that logic proved. Southwark Cyclists have
consistently supported 20mph in Southwark and London for several years
now and have done our bit to make that politically acceptable. So our
response to the new Southwark consultation on the Rotherhithe 20mph
speed limits will be to ask for that limit to apply on all Rotherhithe
roads....Rotherhithe Street will be 20mph...it's not logical to leave
too fast Salter Road out of the scheme, nor other local roads, or the
big Transport for London roads too such as Jamaica Road and Lower Road.
Responses are due back on 22 January, so we'll discuss at our 13 January
meeting. Lack of enforcement is a reason to leave fast limits in place.
Most people obey such limits and so do buses etc.


Barry
079005 889 005
see you 2512





-------- Original Message --------
Subject:  Victorian Mains Replacement Blackfriars Road.
Date:  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:29:06 +0000
From:  STEngagement <STEngagement@...>
To:  undisclosed-recipients: ;



Dear Stakeholder



We are writing to make you aware of the next stage of Thames Water’s
Victorian Mains Replacement programme that has been ongoing in Southwark
for some months. Thames Water will shortly commence a further series of
works to replace their mains on TfL’s roads in the borough. These works
are necessary because the water service infrastructure is ageing and
must be replaced to reduce the likelihood of future leaks and bursts,
which are very disruptive to users of the road network and to local
people and businesses.

*_ _*

*_Phases 1- 8 _*

*_ _*

Work will begin on Blackfriars Road from *Tuesday 5th January* and will
*last approximately 4 months*. The work is split into 8 phases in
various areas of Blackfriars Road and the work will be completed by
early May. These works are the continuation of the works that originally
began in late November 2008 and were suspended in July due to congestion
created by the works on the north side of the bridge to re-develop
Blackfriars Station.



*_Phases 9 – 12_*

*_ _*

There are a further 4 phases of work at the junction of Blackfriars Road
and Southwark Street which are provisionally planned to begin on 5th May
and will finish on the 8th July. These works are to be confirmed and are
subject to the impact on the network from the southbound closure of
Borough High Street also for Victorian mains replacement work during
most of 2010. The diversions routes for this work may impact on the
Blackfriars Road/Southwark Street junction and the situation needs to be
monitored before a final decision on the timetabling for these last
phases is made.



We do not expect these works to have a great impact on traffic overall.
The works will involve lane closures while maintaining two-way traffic
flow. Small diversions will be in place for the affected side street
closures and banned turns. An overview of the traffic management is
provided overleaf (please note this could be subject to change and
alteration). We will however monitor traffic flow in the area carefully
and will act as required to mitigate any disruption as far as possible.



TfL has worked closely with Thames Water, their contractor Morrison’s
and London Borough of Southwark to plan these works to have the least
possible impact on traffic, local people and businesses. For example, we
have ensured that the most disruptive works take place at the weekend in
order to minimise the impact on traffic flow through this key thoroughfare.



Morrison’s will be writing to local residents and businesses to provide
advance warning of the works and to provide information to those side
streets affected by diversions. In addition, the strategic use of
fixed-position advance warning signs will be in place to inform drivers
of the works and allow them to take alternative routes.



Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to
contact us on 0845 305 1234 or at londonstreets@...
<mailto:londonstreets@...>.



Yours faithfully



*Consultation and Engagement Centre*
Transport for London
Surface Transport Communications
11th floor, Zone G2, Palestra
197 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 8NJ

fax 020 3054 2002
email STEngagement@... <mailto:STEngagement@...>
www.tfl.gov.uk <http://www.tfl.gov.uk/>






*Date*



*Activity*

5^th to 18^th January



*Phase 1:* Blackfriars Road junction with Colombo Street & Burrell
Street lane closures and * closure of Colombo Street & Burrell Street*

19^th to 23^rd January



*Phase 2:* Blackfriars Road junction with Meymott Street & Nicholson
Street lanes closures and * closure of Meymott Street & Nicholson Street*

Weekends beginning

23^rd /24^th January to 6^th /7^th February



*Phase 3 & 4:* Blackfriars Road junction with Webber Street lane
closures and traffic  flow controlled by temporary lights and *closure
of eastern  arm of Webber Street*

8^th to 12^th February



*Phase 5a:* Blackfriars Road just south with The Cut one lane closure
(northbound only)

Weekends beginning

13^th /14^th February to 6^th /7^th March



*Phase 5b*: Blackfriars Road junction with The Cut – one lane closure
northbound and *no entry into The Cut from Blackfriars Road*

Weekends beginning

13^th /14^th March to 10^th /11^th April



*Phase 6:* Blackfriars Road junction with The Cut – one lane closure
northbound and *no exit from The Cut into Blackfriars Road*

17^th to 18^th April



*Phase 7: *Blackfriars Road junction with Union Street – changes to
traffic light phasing **

19^th April to 4^th May



*Phase 8: *Blackfriars Road junction with Union Street – one lane
closure southbound and *no entry into Union Street from Blackfriars Road*





*Dates for Phases 9 – 12 are provisional and are still  to be confirmed*

5^th to 19^th May



*Phase 9: *Blackfriars Road junction with Stamford Street – lane closures

10^th May to 17^th June



*Phase 10: *Blackfriars Road junction with Southwark Street – lane
closures, restrictions on Stamford Street and *banned left turn from
Southwark Street into Blackfriars Road*

18^th June to 1^st July



*Phase 11: *Blackfriars Road junction with Southwark Street – lane
closures and *banned left turn from Southwark Street into Blackfriars Road*

2^nd to 8^th July



*Phase 12: *Blackfriars Road junction with Southwark Street – lane
closures and lane restrictions on Southwark Street & Stamford Street.
*Banned right turn from Southwark Street into Blackfriars Road.*





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