Climate change

Building on the success of Enjoy Waltham Forest, the Council is creating more pleasant streets and neighbourhoods in which people can more easily walk and cycle to create a cleaner, greener, and healthier borough for all.

The borough’s roads are being re-prioritised to encourage more walking and cycling. Road safety has been improved by delivering new road filters, part-time road closures, new segregated cycle lanes, improved pedestrian crossings, new pocket parks, new bike hangars, tree planting, 20mph speed limits on most residential roads plus some main routes, free cycle skills training, and bike hire to encourage cycling. A few key highlights in recent years include:

• Cycling: The Council has built 50km of new cycle tracks across the borough in recent years as part of our Enjoy Waltham Forest programme and installed 600 new bike hangars. We are installing a further 150 bike hangars, four station hubs and a cycle route in South Grove. Free cycle training sessions and ‘Dr Bike’ bike maintenance sessions can be booked here.
• Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy: The Council has installed over 400 public access vehicle charging points. The Council aims to double its Electric Vehicle Charging Points to over 1,000 by summer 2023.  
• Launched Zero Emissions Delivery Scheme in 2017/18. By March 2021 the scheme had 69 businesses signed up.