Helping secure £30m to transform cycling in Kingston, London

The Mayor of London invited outer London boroughs to apply for a share of £100m to develop high quality local walking and cycling infrastructure plans under the mini-Holland programme. With a track record of delivering travel behaviour change and active travel infrastructure, the Royal Borough of Kingston was keen to build on this by securing mini-Holland funding.

In 2013-2014 Steer developed conceptual designs for a package of innovative and exciting cycle proposals contained within Kingston’s bid for the Mini-Holland funding. We worked closely with borough officers to develop design proposals and technical documentation for a number of landmark projects to improve north-south and east-west cycle connectivity. These included:

• a New York High-line style Superskyway over the Thames by Kingston railway bridge;
• a ‘floating’ cycle-only boardway along the river Thames;
• a fully segregated Dutch-style roundabout; and
• major Cycle Hubs at the borough’s two principal stations - Kingston and Surbiton.

These landmark schemes are underpinned by a network of high quality strategic routes across the borough, tying in with other local Quietways and Greenways and London’s existing Superhighway network. Expansion of existing complementary measures, such as information, encouragement, training and promotion will promote the measures.

Our team worked closely with the borough to develop the design proposals and supporting technical documentation which were compiled into a high quality and comprehensive bid submission.

Successes and outcomes

In 2014 it was announced that Kingston’s bid was successful in securing over £30 million of funding. We continued to work with the borough following the funding announcement to progress the proposed schemes towards implementation.