Public consultation

The public consultation for the Lea Bridge Road scheme closed on 2 December 2015.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultation on our plans for Lea Bridge Road. We had a fantastic response with 956 people commenting on the scheme. Lots more people viewed the plans online, at our information stand and at our public drop-in sessions.

In total we received just under 3,500 individual comments so we are now carefully analysing this feedback to be considered as part of our final designs.

To help us manage the consultation for Lea Bridge Road efficiently the road was sectioned into six areas so that people could have their say on the parts of the scheme that are taking place where they live or work.

Section of Lea Bridge Road	Consultation dates	Top line results	Consultation results
Sections A (borough bounday to Lammas Road) and H (Whipps Cross roundabout)	June to July 2015	- 715 people responded with 2,828 individual comments received - 8,434 unique visitors viewed the plans on-line with 59,011 page views - 13,000 properties in the local area were originally delivered the flyer notifying them of the consultation - Over 3,000 flyers were handed out at the information stand held at various locations along Lea Bridge Road everyday over four and a half weeks. We spoke to and engaged with many of the people handed flyers - 5,876 residential properties were door knocked in the local area reminding them to respond to the consultation. Of those, we directly spoke with 1,605 residents (around 27 per cent) and left a reminder note for those we didn’t managed to speak to - 37 requests were received for hard copy consultation documents and questionnaires. Many more were handed out at the information stand, Drop-in events and Community Ward Forums - Six drop-in sessions were held, four public and two specifically for business stakeholders – Argall BID and Bakers Arms business group. In total around 80 people attended - All 452 businesses located on the road were contacted at least once over the four and half week period and many of these were followed-up and spoken to twice or more - Wider stakeholder engagement was undertaken with neighbouring Boroughs and the Corporation of London, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, Police and Emergency Services, Network Rail, Whipps Cross Hospital and London Travelwatch. There has also been regular engagement with Lea Road Mosque over the last 10 months - Five briefing sessions held with Councillors who’s wards are benefiting from the improvements - Presentations were held at the Lea Bridge and Forest Community Ward Forums along with the Lea Bridge Police and Neighbourhood meeting - Social media and on-line promotion – tweets promoting the consultation and events as well as planned facebook advertising - Promotion through press and Waltham Forest News articles.	Results for section A Results for section H
Sections B (Lammas Road to Markhouse junction), C (Markhouse Road junction to Bakers Arms), DEF (Bakers Arms to Leyton Green Road) and G (Leyton Green Road to Whipps Cross Roundabout)	October to December 2015	- 13,000 households in the local area were sent a letter notifying them of the consultation - 241 people responded with 624 individual comments received - Six drop-in sessions were held, four public and two specifically for business stakeholders – Argall BID and Bakers Arms business group. In total around 100 people attended - Social media and on-line promotion – tweets promoting the consultation and events as well as planned facebook advertising - Press and Waltham Forest News articles	Results for section B to G