Request ID: FOI-2515-2324 Date published: 27 November 2023
You asked
Norwood Forum and Streetworks were given funds for improvements to Norwood Rd and to change the gyratory system at the junction of Tulse Hill.
I seek information on the following:
1) How much did the total funds amount to?
2) What are the plans for the gyratory since no works have started and were planned to completed by 2021
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2515-2324
Thank you again for your request which we received on 11 October 2023. You have asked for information about ‘Streetworks’ project: Norwood Forum, including Norwood Road and Tulse Hill.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require.
Streetworks was an initiative led by the London Borough of Lambeth with local stakeholder groups, including the Norwood and the Tulse Hill forums. They organised several early engagement events prior to formal consultation, and a website was maintained by Lambeth to assist communication of local projects.
You specifically asked:
How much did the total funds amount to?
Norwood High Street As highway authority Lambeth Council led on the improvements to Norwood High Street, with TfL funding. Funding was awarded to the borough following a successful bid for Major Project improvements under the Local Implementation Plan (LIP) programme. It covered the section of Norwood High Street immediately to the south of Tulse Hill gyratory to the junction of Knights Hill/Robson Road. This scheme involved carriageway resurfacing, footway resurfacing, and urban realm works. It was delivered and completed by 2019.
We paid London Borough of Lambeth a total of £1,584,763 for the design and implementation of the works. If the Norwood Forum received funding for the Norwood Road scheme, this would have been from Lambeth Council. We do not hold records of whether the Norwood Forum (or other groups) received funding from the London Borough of Lambeth.
Tulse Hill Gyratory When it was conceived in 2015 it was envisaged that the Tulse Hill gyratory scheme would continue with a similar Streetworks approach. To this end we paid £30,000 to the London Borough of Lambeth for early engagement. This covered organising meetings and community workshops for early optioneering (involving room hire etc). No direct payments were made to the Norwood Forum or another local forum covering Tulse Hill.
Due to restricted funding and amendments to TfL’s Business Plan and programmes, no changes to the Tulse Hill Gyratory were subsequently implemented. In 2019/20, in response to safety concerns, we changed the position of a controlled crossing at the junction of Norwood Road with Christchurch Road.
What are the plans for the gyratory since no works have started and were planned to completed by 2021.
In response to road safety concerns raised by local residents, businesses and councillors, TfL has initiated a project to explore potential change at Tulse Hill gyratory. The first output was the production of a location focused outcome plan (March 2023) that analyses the gyratory, its users, challenges and opportunities and sets outcomes that any future change at the gyratory must respond too. The outcome plan was presented to local councillors and community representatives for discussion and was well-received (March 2023).
Following the outcome plan, TfL has explored a range of near-term interventions that could be introduced at the gyratory to reduce road danger. We are currently incorporating comments from Lambeth officers ahead of a planned update to the same group of stakeholders we met with in March. Should the project proceed as planned, we aim to implement these safety focused changes in summer 24.
Beyond the near-term road danger reduction focused interventions, TfL is also proposing to consider longer-term change for the gyratory to respond to all outcomes captured in the outcome plan. Once engineering resources are available, this investigation is expected to take six to nine months to complete.
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Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
