the black path: it ain't broke!

Back in September last year, we posted an item about the ill-thought through MUG committee decision to  to institute for a shared pedestrian and cycle route on the Black Path in south Millfields.

Hackney have now confirmed work on this half-baked proposal will begin tomorrow. None of the flaws in the proposal (such as not burning off the two-tone surfacing) have been addressed.


Chris Proctor from Hackney's Traffic Management Team has been clear that the scheme is nothing to do with his department and it will only be undertaking the work to remove the white lines on instruction from Hackney parks dept and MUG Committee.

The only other (as far as we know) park in Hackney with a segregated pathway is London Fields. An assessment of that pathway (London Fields Shared Use) found it worked extremely well and we are far from convinced there is a problem with Millfields' path.

We think these changes are bad for pedestrians, cyclists, people with hearing loss or mobility difficulties and for dogs.