Hoe Street between Orford Road and Lea Bridge Road

The Hoe Street scheme between Orford Road and Lea Bridge Road aims to provide more transport options to local people travelling between Lea Bridge Road, Walthamstow Central, and the town centre, and build upon the existing network of safe and direct walking and cycling routes across the borough.

Between 6 July to 30 July 2021, local people were invited to take part in the public consultation for the Hoe Street scheme between Orford Road and Lea Bridge Road. A total of 516 people took part in the public consultation, and overall, there was a high level of support for all proposals. 

Following the public consultation, the scheme was approved in principle for construction. However, at the time (November 2021) there were some areas of the design that needed to be refined and finalised, and we were still in the process of securing all the funding required to construct the full scheme. Therefore, we decided to deliver the scheme in phases starting with the section of Hoe Street between Orford Road and Grosvenor Park Road. 

During 2022, we completed the section between Orford Road and Grosvenor Park Road and were able to extend the works as far as Pendlestone Road. 

In August 2023, we wrote to local people to say that we had secured further funding for the scheme and intended to progress with the remaining improvement works on Hoe Street between Pendlestone Road and Lea Bridge Road.

As part of the Statutory Consultation process for the final scheme residents and business owners were invited to share their views on the scheme. Thank you to everyone who wrote to us during this stage, all feedback received was noted and taken into consideration.

We will be writing to local people in early 2024 with more information on the scheme and the next steps. 

In August 2023, we wrote to local people to say that we had secured further funding for the scheme and intended to progress with the remaining improvement works on Hoe Street between Pendlestone Road and Lea Bridge Road.

As part of the Statutory Consultation process for the final scheme residents and business owners were invited to share their views on the scheme. 

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the final scheme, all feedback received has been noted and taken into consideration as part of the Statutory Consultation process.

After careful consideration of all feedback received, we can confirm that the scheme has been approved by Waltham Forest Council and will now proceed to the construction stage.