FAQs

Waltham Forest Council has secured funding as part of the Coronation Square and Score Centre redevelopment to make improvements to this area that will better connect the development to the local community, Leyton Station and existing amenities on High Road Leyton. 

Our aim is to make it easier and safer for local people to get around by active and sustainable modes of travel such as public transport, walking, cycling and wheeling, while also improving the look and feel of the area, and making the area greener and healthier.

In the past, we have also received some concerns from the local community about the speed and volume of traffic using Lyttleton Road, York Road, Dunedin Road and Adelaide Road. Therefore, in mid-2024 we asked people living within this area to understand if there are any traffic and road safety issues that need to be addressed, as well as if there are any other improvements local people would like to see to improve the look and feel of the area and help people move around safer and more easily.

Following the perception survey, we analysed the results and used this feedback to create proposals for the area. We now want to know what local people think of them.

We are asking for feedback about the plans on Lyttelton Road, York Road, Dunedin Road and Adelaide Road. However, if you have something to add about a nearby street, please add it to the survey and we will take your comment on board and pass it to the relevant team.

Waltham Forest Council has secured funding as part of the Coronation Square and Score Centre redevelopment to make improvements to the area to better connect the development with the local community, Leyton Station and existing amenities on High Road Leyton.

As part of the public consultation, we are running an online survey to gather people’s thoughts on the proposals. It is being advertised through social media, on-street posters and council newsletters, and we have organised a drop-in session at Score Leisure Centre at 10am to 1pm on 1 March so people can ask the project team any questions. We are also writing to key stakeholders like emergency services, community groups, schools and places of worship. 

If you have any ideas about how we can reach more members of the community, please let us know. 

Local people can fill in the survey online and ask the project team any questions about the proposals at a drop-in session on 1 March from 10am 1pm at Score Leisure Centre. If you would prefer to fill in a hardcopy survey, you can collect one from Leyton Library, High Road, E10 5QH.

Once the public consultation has finished, we’ll analyse the responses received and use these to shape a final scheme for the area. 

If the scheme goes ahead, it will be introduced under an Experimental Traffic Management Order. This means the community can provide feedback under ‘live’ conditions for the first six months and we have 18 months to decide if the scheme should be made permanent. 

We’ll aim to write to residents with more information on the results of the public consultation and the next steps in autumn 2025.

Updates will be posted on our website. 

We will also write to residents with the results of the perception survey and next steps by the autumn.

Typically, a modal filter stops motorised vehicles from driving through a road, while allowing people who walk and cycle to pass. 

Modal filters are used to stop motorists using the area to bypass the main roads. 

The modal filters we are proposing to introduce are camera-enforced, rather than physically blocking the road, and allow emergency services and refuse vehicles to pass.

The modal filters will be enforced by ANPR cameras. These cameras will capture motorists driving through the filters and they will be issued a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN). Emergency services and refuse vehicles are permitted to drive through the filters and will not receive a PCN.

The filters at the Dunedin and York Road and Adelaide and York Road junctions will be positioned diagonally to maintain easy access to properties in the area, while preventing traffic from using these roads to travel between Oliver Road and High Road Leyton.

Residents will not be exempt from driving through camera-enforced modal filters, as all properties in the scheme area remain accessible by motor vehicle. 

The only camera-enforced scheme we offer exemptions for is School Streets. This is so people living in the zone have access to their property by motor vehicle during the two restricted periods at school drop off and pick up times.

A ‘No entry’ sign stops all people and vehicles from passing through. In contrast, the proposed modal filter will restrict vehicles from driving down the road but will allow cyclists, emergency services, and refuse vehicles to pass.  

We consult the ambulance, police and fire brigade services on all changes to the road layout. The emergency services are statutory consultees, and if they raise objections about proposed schemes, we must reconsider the plans. 

Throughout our schemes we meet with and keep the emergency services up to date on our plans to ensure there are no issues with how they can access the area should they need to.

The modal filters introduced in this scheme will be wide enough to let emergency service vehicles through.

Continuous footways/blended crossings slow down vehicles entering or exiting side roads and encourage vehicles to give way to pedestrians crossing the road, reinforcing the rules of the Highway Code. These crossings are commonplace in mainland Europe and have been introduced extensively over the last 20-25 years, particularly in cities and countries that are considered the best places for walking and cycling, including Holland, Denmark and Germany. Over the last 10 years we have introduced over 200 continuous footways in Waltham Forest.