Camden to invest £22m in ambitious plans for active travel, public transport and high streets
Camden Council’s Cabinet has agreed to implement the next phase of its transport strategy for 2025 to 2028, investing in more environmentally friendly, healthier forms of travel and creating more welcoming streets and neighbourhoods. Councillor Adam Harrison, Cabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable Camden, said: “I am delighted that councillors agreed this significant investment. […]
Camden secures £2.4million for road safety improvements in Regent’s Park
Camden Council has started a new consultation on road safety improvements around Regent’s Park after securing £2.4million of funding from HS2 Ltd. Through High-Speed Two Ltd’s (HS2’s) Road Safety Fund, Camden has secured £2.4 million which will be spent on road safety and transport improvements in the Regent’s Park Area. The project is being called […]
Holborn active travel scheme approved
Camden Council’s Cabinet this evening (Wednesday 14 December) approved a range of cycling, pedestrian, road safety changes and public realm improvements to the High Holborn, Drake Street, Procter Street, Red Lion Square and Southampton Row area, following a consultation with residents, businesses and key interested groups between October and November 2022. The approved scheme will: […]
School children plot a route to cleaner air in Camden Town
Pupils at Camden Town schools have been learning more about the impacts of air pollution through a series of workshops. As part of the Camden Town Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) programme, funded through the Mayor of London’s Air Quality Fund, pupils at Hawley Primary School, Holy Trinity & St Silas Primary School, and Cavendish School […]
Camden strengthens air quality commitments ahead of publishing new Clean Air Action Plan
Camden Council has said it remains firmly committed to realising the Camden 2025 vision for a borough in which no person experiences poor health as a result of the air they breathe, and it will now align its air quality targets with the new WHO limits. In doing so, Camden becomes the first authority to […]
Camden Council launches CMI plan to improve air quality in the borough
Camden’s Cabinet has approved, subject to full council agreement on 7 March, the launch of the Camden Climate Investment, an innovative Community Municipal Investment (CMI), allowing residents to invest in a cleaner, greener future for the borough. Councillor Georgia Gould, Leader of Camden Council said: “With each day that passes the need for a decisive […]
Trial improvement scheme in Camden delivers community benefits
New data from Camden council reveals the benefits of council investment, working closely with the community, in Queen’s Crescent. The figures confirm a fall in motor traffic levels, both in the immediate locality and in the wider area following the introduction of trial changes, in May 2021, which aim to make it easier to walk, […]
New campaign urges London’s drivers: save lives and cut carbon emissions by switching off engines when parked
A London-wide advertising campaign has launched today in a bid to cut air pollution and carbon emissions. Led by the City of London Corporation and Camden Council, and funded by the Mayor of London, the ‘Engine Off, Every Stop’ campaign features posters, bus rears, and billboards on roadside sites and petrol stations across the capital. Drivers are also […]
TfL extends e-scooter trials into Camden
TfL, Camden Council and London Councils have announced an expansion of the capital’s trial of rental e-scooters with e-scooters now available in Camden. The borough becomes the tenth borough to join the trial alongside Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Richmond, Tower Hamlets (including Canary Wharf), City of London, Lambeth, Southwark and Westminster. There […]
