Regeneration Department
Spatial Regeneration
Strategic Transport
We are working with our partners to implement key transport infrastructure in the borough. We have developed a transport strategy that will mean better access to public transport for our existing communities and will link new developments to the rest of the borough.
The Local Implementation Plan is our transport strategy that will deliver the Mayor of London's Transport Strategy. It sets out our transport policy and a 5 year programme of transport schemes. The draft Local Implementation Plan will be submitted to the Mayor of London in summer 2006 for approval. We hope to publish the final strategy by the end of 2006.
Every year we submit a Borough Spending Plan to Transport for London for funding for local transport schemes, including road safety, traffic management schemes, highways maintenance and cycling schemes.
Transport improvements
Barking and Dagenham's excellent transport links are an important part of its current offer to businesses and residents. As regeneration extends the housing offer, it will make Barking Town Centre increasingly attractive to residents looking to buy in areas close to London, but unwilling to afford inner London prices.
New public transport is needed to ensure that regeneration builds genuinely sustainable communities at Barking Riverside and south Dagenham, knitted into the existing fabric of the borough and with easy access to the rest of the Thames Gateway, Canary wharf and central London.
Bringing the Docklands Light Railway to Barking and Dagenham|
The Docklands Light Railway, in particular, has played a major part in the regeneration of London's Docklands and areas south of the river, such as Lewisham and Greenwich.
Transport for London is now considering its timetable for extending the Docklands Light Railway from Galleon's Reach in Newham to Dagenham Dock, with new stations in Barking Riverside, sometime between 2012 and 2016. The Docklands Light Railway will provide direct access to Royal Docks, City Airport and Canary Wharf.
The East London Transit will link Ilford and Barking Town Centres to the new development at Barking Riverside and to Dagenham Dock, with the first phase completed in 2008. Although planned initially as a dedicated bus service, using state of the art vehicles and technology, an option for upgrade to a tram service will be retained.
c2c trains already link Barking with London Fenchurch Station in less than 15 minutes travel time. c2c are considering an upgrade of the network to 12 car operation to alleviate overcrowding and serve new developments. The Council, Transport for London and the London Development Agency are investigating the possibility of a new station on the London - Southend line to further improve transport access for the proposed new communities.
The construction of the nearby Thames Gateway Bridge will provide a vital link between the north and south banks of the Thames, stimulating economic growth in this part of the Thames Gateway, including Barking and Dagenham. It creates the opportunity to link the East London Transit with the Greenwich metro system to create a Thames Gateway Transit System.
We have made Written Representations (
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Crossrail will give residents another option, with a stop at Chadwell Heath providing a direct route across London to Heathrow Airport.
Dagenham Dock Interchange
The Docklands Light Railway, East London Transit and existing bus and train services will be knitted together by a modern transport Interchange at Dagenham Dock Station. We have secured £3 million in government funding to develop the Interchange. It will serve the Sustainable Industrial Park at Dagenham Dock, as well as existing communities and the new development planned for south Dagenham.
Useful web links
Construction work on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link has finished in the borough. The Channel Tunnel Rail Link line travels above ground between the borough boundary with Havering and Ripple Lane, where it goes into a tunnel, resurfacing at Stratford.
For more information contact:
Union Railways (North) Limited
2 Ossulton Street
London
NW1 1HT
24 Hour helpline: 0845 604 0246
Transport for London is responsible for the capital's transport system. Its role is to implement the Mayor's Transport Strategy for London and manage the transport services across the capital that the Mayor has responsibility for.
Thames Gateway London Partnership|
The Thames Gateway London Partnership focuses on the whole of the Thames Gateway London area, articulating at London and national levels the opportunity which Thames Gateway presents and the pressing needs which it must address to be able to live up to its potential. It is an effective public-private partnership, working closely with its private sector colleagues (such as Ford and Canary Wharf).
Thames Gateway London Partnership is supported by all 12 local authorities in the Thames Gateway London area, by its 5 universities, by its local Learning and Skills Council and by the strategic health organisation. Where there is value in coordinating effort sub-regionally Thames Gateway London Partnership take the lead, complementing the work of their partners at local level.
Sustrans - the sustainable transport charity - works on practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport in order to reduce the adverse effects of motor traffic.
