Dunedin area improvements

We secured funding as part of the Coronation Square and Score Centre redevelopment to make improvements to the area to better connect the development to the local community, Leyton Station and existing amenities on High Road Leyton. Our aim is to make it easier and safer for local people to get around by active and sustainable modes of travel such as public transport, walking, cycling and wheeling. We also want to improve the look and feel of the area and make it greener and healthier. 

In June 2024, in response to community concerns about the speed and volume of traffic on Lyttelton Road, Dunedin Road, York Road, and Adelaide Road, we asked you if there were any traffic and road safety issues that needed to be addressed, or any improvements local people would like to see to make the area look and feel better and help people move around safer and more easily. In response to this survey, 73% said motorised vehicles speed, 71% were concerned about personal safety and crime, and 69% said changes to reduce traffic were needed. A full breakdown of the responses can be found in the ‘Public consultation leaflet’ in the ‘Useful documents’ section below. 

Using this information, we created proposals for the area, including:

• Modal filters to reduce traffic and associated changes to some of the one-way and two-way roads in the area
• Upgrades to existing speed cushions
• Planting
• Continuous footways.

Some of these measures, like the modal filters and one-way and two-way road changes, were proposed to be introduced on an experimental basis. Then, if the trial is successful, and made permanent, we can introduce other measures like continuous footways. 

The public consultation on these proposals ran from 24 February to 17 March 2025, offering local people a range of ways to get involved. People shared their views through an online survey, attended a drop-in session at Score Leisure Centre on 1 March, and provided feedback via email. 

A total of 74 respondents answered the online survey. The results are available in the ‘Public consultation results leaflet’ in the ‘Useful documents’ section below. 

When deciding whether to progress with the scheme, we carefully considered the consultation results, alongside the perception survey outcomes, traffic data from the area, and our overall objectives to improve air quality and public health and address the climate crises. Following this analysis, the decision was made to introduce the scheme on an experimental basis.

For more information about the reasons for progressing the scheme, please see the ‘Public consultation results leaflet’ in the ‘Useful documents’ section below. 

Next steps

The upgrades to the existing speed cushions will happen in autumn 2025 to reduce speeding in the area. 

Other elements of the scheme, including the modal filters and changes to one and two-way roads, will be introduced under Experimental Traffic Management Orders on 6 October 2025. The first six months of this process involves a statutory consultation, where local people can provide feedback about how the measures are working. Following this, we will decide whether to make the scheme permanent. This allows local people to experience the changes and provide feedback which we will consider, alongside the traffic monitoring we intend to undertake regularly during the experimental period, before making a final decision. 

Introducing the changes using ETMOs also means that we have flexibility to make some small adjustments and changes during the experimental period, if necessary, based on any feedback received. 

During the period, we’re collecting feedback through an online survey on our Talk Waltham Forest Website. Here you will be able to tell us what you think of the scheme throughout the period. 

You can also object or write an official comment on the scheme by emailing enjoy@walthamforest.gov.uk with your name and address and ‘Dunedin area improvements ET8(25)’ in the subject line.

If the scheme is made permanent, we will introduce six continuous footways at all side roads on the scheme boundary to make it easier for people to cross the road, and planting to create a green corridor from Coronation Gardens to Leyton. 

It is not possible to introduce these measures without first reducing traffic in the area by introducing modal filters. This is because continuous footways can only be introduced when there are low levels of traffic, and the permanent modal filters will provide the space needed for planting.

Dunedin area improvements, perception survey leaflet (PDF) June 2024

Dunedin area improvements, public consultation leaflet (PDF) March 2025

Dunedin area improvements, public consultation results leaflet (PDF) July 2025

Dunedin area improvements, public consultation results leaflet (PDF) July 2025

Dunedin area improvements, ETMO update leaflet (PDF) September 2025

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