Request ID: FOI-0220-2324 Date published: 17 May 2023
You asked
Dear TfL FoI Team
It is clear from the responses below from LBH that I should have put these questions to you, with regard to C9, when works were carried out. Therefore, please can you answer them?
1. Given the works done are temporary, how can LBH justify doing them in a manner that appears to be permanent and in a manner that would be costly to reinstate to the status quo ante?
2. What plans and quotes were obtained for using less expensive materials that were more suited to a temporary structure that could easily be undone at little cost? And, please provide copies of those alternative quotes and plans.
3. If no alternative quotes and plans were obtained with materials that would have been quick and easy to remove, please explain why not and please provide minutes of any meetings in which alternative construction methods and materials were discussed and why a decision was taken not to use them?
We answered
TfL Ref: 0220-2324 Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 19 April 2023 asking for information about Cycleway 9, following your correspondence with the London Borough of Hounslow. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require. You asked: 1.Given the works done are temporary, how can LBH justify doing them in a manner that appears to be permanent and in a manner that would be costly to reinstate to the status quo ante? The London Borough of Hounslow set out their justifications for decisions in their report in 2022. Please see the following link to their website for further information via: https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20011/parking_transport_and_streets/2362/cycleway_9/2 Nevertheless, there are a number of misconceptions with Traffic Orders and materials used for highway schemes, which we’d like to clarify accordingly as follows: Traffic Orders determine if the traffic regulations are permanent or not (either temporary or experimental), and not the materials that highway authorities determine to be appropriate for the specific Traffic Order. For example, there are Cycleways in London that have permanent Traffic Orders with rubber kerbs and wands, as well as others that have concrete kerbs. Similarly, there are examples of temporary Cycleways such as those along Chiswick High Road that have used a variety of different materials, for instance; concrete kerbs, rubber kerbs and wands. 2.What plans and quotes were obtained for using less expensive materials that were more suited to a temporary structure that could easily be undone at little cost? And, please provide copies of those alternative quotes and plans. As above. The temporary Cycleway 9 along Chiswick High Road includes a variety of different materials including concrete kerbs, rubber kerbs and wands. The changes introduced were determined to be appropriate for the experimental Traffic Order. 3.If no alternative quotes and plans were obtained with materials that would have been quick and easy to remove, please explain why not and please provide minutes of any meetings in which alternative construction methods and materials were discussed and why a decision was taken not to use them? As above.
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