Arlington Road area Low Traffic Neighbourhood

December 2023 update: Following the Traffic Management Order consultation we received a number of objections. You can find our response to these in our report.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultation and commented here on the changes we trialled. We now have all the permanent changes in place 

What was the issue in the Arlington Road area?

Motor vehicles, including heavy goods vehicles, used the residential streets to the west of Camden High Street between Mornington Crescent and Camden Town as a cut through to avoid using main roads. Significant volumes of traffic also used Mornington Street and Mornington Crescent to access Camden High Street. This made the streets unsafe for residents and people walking and cycling through the area.

There were a large amount of suggestions from members of the public to improve this area on the Making Travel in Camden Safer Commonplace and in July 2020 a petition signed by 613 people asked for a local weight restriction on streets in this area to create a Low Emission Neighbourhood / Low Traffic Neighbourhood.

As 69% of households in Camden do not own a car we know that safe and easy walking, cycling and scooting routes are more important than ever. Supporting and encouraging those who are able to walk and cycle, by creating safer streets will ensure that there is more space available on our roads for those who need it the most.

How did we responded to this challenge?

We have listened to the communities feedback and made changes to reduce traffic levels on the residential streets around the Arlington Road area from Mornington Crescent to Camden Town, as well on Buck Street.

The measures include restrictions to traffic via no entry signs, planters, islands and cameras. We have made changes at six different locations:

• Jamestown Road junction with Arlington Road
• Buck Street junction with Kentish Town Road
• Arlington Road junction with Delancey Street
• Mornington Street junction with Albert Street
• Albert Street junction with Mornington Place
• Mornington Place junction with Mornington Crescent

You can find out more about these changes in the notification letter

During December 2021 we consulted on a number of proposed amendments in the area, in response to feedback received via email, on our online Commonplace website and via direct contact with residents during the trial period for the above mentioned measures, so that the Arlington Road Area Low Traffic Neighbourhood will work better for local people. Amendments to the Arlington Road Area Low Traffic Neighbourhood Scheme Public consultation . The amendments to the scheme were implemented in February 2022. You can read the Decision Reports relating to this, and our responses to the consultation in the decision report. 

Amendments 

The amendments to the Arlington Road area Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme include:

• Adding a new scheme on Inverness Street to prohibit access to Arlington Road from Inverness Street for general motor vehicle traffic.
• Removing the existing measure on Mornington Place junction with Mornington Crescent and replace it with a motor vehicle access restriction at the junction of Mornington Place with Clarkson Row/Mornington Terrace.
• Converting Paid for parking spaces to Shared parking spaces on Albert Street, Arlington Road and Mornington Street, so that both permit holders in the CPZ zone and those seeking to use Paid For parking bays can use these bays to park.

You can find out more about these changes in the notification letter

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