Cllr Claudia Webbe

• I AM delighted to have announced this week that Islington Council is moving forward with plans to transform the Old Street and Clerkenwell Road corridor into a “Healthy Street”.

This ambitious plan will see the corridor closed to through traffic, with priority given to walking, cycling and public transport while avoiding traffic being diverted to local streets.

This project will improve safety, particularly for pedestrians and cyclists, improve air quality and help make the area greener, healthier and a more attractive place.

For too long these roads have seen collisions and injuries, some of them extremely serious ones. This is unacceptable and the bold plans I am announcing will seek to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, deaths and serious injuries on these roads.

I look forward to bringing forward proposals for consultation this year, with work starting on the transformation of these roads in 2021.

CLLR CLAUDIA WEBBE
Labour executive member for environment and transport, Islington Council