Regent's Park cycle route plans at risk of being cut back

Last-minute opposition by Westminster city council to park gate closures could leave the new superhighway 'dead', says former London cycling commissioner

Plans to close the outer circle of Regent's Park to rat-running motor traffic are being "significantly watered down" to shutting just two gates - down from four - and to shorter periods, in only the morning and evening peak, it has been revealed.

Although still in discussion, plans for the road, which will form part of cycle superhighway 11 (CS11), have reportedly been under pressure from Westminster city council since they gained 60% approval in a public consultation in August 2016. Those close to discussions say weakened changes are now being blocked by the body that runs the park's roads on the grounds they could be more dangerous than the status quo.