Get involved in our Sustainable Streets programme

We’re asking our residents to help us create greener, cleaner and safer streets through our new Sustainable Streets programme. 

We want feedback from residents, businesses and organisations around Woolwich on how we can make our streets more sustainable, to help encourage more people to choose walking, cycling, or public transport over cars, which would reduce traffic, pollution and carbon emissions.  

A Council spokesperson said: “More effective  management of our roads is crucial to help us reduce the number of unnecessary car journeys, tackling traffic and congestion and in doing so, help to improve air quality and reduce pollution.    

“Through Sustainable Streets we will also make improvements such as planting more trees, installing electric vehicle charging points, providing secure cycle storage, and creating car club bays, to help create streets that are greener, safer and more enjoyable for everyone to use.  

“Woolwich experiences significant congestion and traffic issues so I’d encourage local people and organisations around the area to have their say.” 

The programme also seeks to find out the traffic and parking related concerns of our residents and see what measures we need to put in place to help tackle them.  

Encouraging the use of more sustainable forms of transport will help to reduce the number of car journeys, reducing traffic, congestion and pollution, and will help to provide the space and funding needed to invest in more sustainable transport measures. 

The Sustainable Streets programme is starting in Woolwich and will be rolled out in other areas around the borough. Communities will be invited to share their views, comments and concerns and the feedback received will be used to help develop more detailed proposals for each area. 

For more information and to share your views by Monday 18 November at 5pm, visit royalgreenwich.gov.uk/sustainable-streets.