Road Safety Audits - Elephant & Castle and St George's Circus, CS6
Request ID: FOI-1702-2223 Date published: 06 December 2022
You asked
Dear Transport for London,
Please would you provide Stage 4 Road Safety Audits for the schemes at:
a) the Elephant & Castle
b) St George's Circus
including the roads to the north of Elephant & Castle affected by the construction of CS6 eg
1. St George's Road from Elephant and Castle to its junction with Westminster Bridge Road 2. Westminster Bridge Road from Lambeth North Station to St George's Circus 3. Lambeth Road from St George's Circus to St George's Road
We answered
TfL Ref: 1702-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 13 October 2022 asking for the Stage 4 Road Safety Audits (RSA) for the schemes at Elephant & Castle and St George’s Circus CS6.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations and our information access policy.
Your full request is:
Please would you provide Stage 4 Road Safety Audits for the schemes at:
a) the Elephant & Castle
b) St George's Circus
including the roads to the north of Elephant & Castle affected by the construction of CS6 eg
1. St George's Road from Elephant and Castle to its junction with Westminster Bridge Road 2. Westminster Bridge Road from Lambeth North Station to St George's Circus 3. Lambeth Road from St George's Circus to St George's Road.
We are aware that we previously stated that we had expected the Road Safety Audits (RSAs) to have been completed in January 2022, however, unfortunately, resource constraints and the significant road network changes following implementation of pandemic schemes has meant this process has taken considerably longer than anticipated and therefore these still remain incomplete.
The process of creating a Road Safety Audit is a multi-layered process involving input from a variety of specialist personnel which is then collated to form the final RSA and this work is still ongoing. Therefore at the present time we do not currently hold a completed RSA and the incomplete information we currently have is subject to change, and as such this information is subject to an exception from disclosure in accordance with Regulation 12(4)(d) which applies to information which is still in the course of completion, unfinished documents or incomplete data.
The use of this exception is subject to a public interest test, which requires us to consider whether the public interest in applying the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosure. We recognise that the release of information would promote transparency and we understand the importance of this particularly in the context of road safety. However, we consider that the public interest is best served by having the full and complete information available at the appropriate time to ensure that public debate on this matter can be well-informed, as well as data and evidence-led.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
