The London Borough of Islington devoted significant time and resources to addressing the long-standing, complex challenges posed by the Archway Gyratory, a critical junction on the A1 route leading north from the City of London.
Road safety in this area had become increasingly precarious, particularly for pedestrians and cyclists attempting to navigate the dense and often chaotic patterns of modern traffic.
In 2014, Transport for London took the consultation and project development in-house with clearly defined objectives. These included reducing traffic dominance around the town centre, improving the accessibility of the junction for cyclists, enhancing safety and the perception of safety, creating a new high-quality urban realm and protecting the capacity of the A1.
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The London Borough of Islington devoted significant time and resources to addressing the long-standing, complex challenges posed by the Archway Gyratory, a critical junction on the A1 route leading north from the City of London.
Road safety in this area had become increasingly precarious, particularly for pedestrians and cyclists attempting to navigate the dense and often chaotic patterns of modern traffic.
In 2014, Transport for London took the consultation and project development in-house with clearly defined objectives. These included reducing traffic dominance around the town centre, improving the accessibility of the junction for cyclists, enhancing safety and the perception of safety, creating a new high-quality urban realm and protecting the capacity of the A1.
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GreenBlue Urban have enabled Archway to maintain its greenery whilst also providing a great urban pedestrianised space. I would recommend GBU, their products help sustain the environment and are sleek and easy to install.
The project was developed with the support of Katarzyna Bendowska, Senior Planner at Islington Council, and delivered on site by principal contractor Ringway Jacobs. Following a thorough evaluation, Transport for London recognised GreenBlue Urban’s tree pit system as the most robust and effective solution for promoting healthy tree growth and minimising long-term maintenance.
Since 1992, GreenBlue Urban have been investing much time and research into what was causing the high mortality in urban tree planting and ways and products to re-create forest-floor-quality root space. In high traffic cities, this requires accurate control of irrigation, aeration, compaction avoidance and pollution control whilst, at the same time, ensuring service duct integrity and the protection of pedestrian and cycle access. For this project, GreenBlue Urban supplied a comprehensive package that included RootSpace, RootDirectors, RootRain, Geonet, and engineered soil, along with an additional 19 RootDirectors, Castle Tree Grilles and Thames Guards.
Archway Gyratory featured on the front cover of the London Mayor Strategy 2017, with Grayham Tindal, Transport for London arboriculturist, commenting: “TfL are continuing to improve the environment for the health and wellbeing of our customers. Planting trees in the streets of London has many challenges, in this instance these were solved using a cellular system. We have found GBU very supportive and their products delivered all the requirements and expectations for this project. I am sure TfL will be working with GBU again in the future.”
GreenBlue Urban have enabled Archway to maintain its greenery whilst also providing a great urban pedestrianised space. I would recommend GBU, their products help sustain the environment and are sleek and easy to install.
The project was developed with the support of Katarzyna Bendowska, Senior Planner at Islington Council, and delivered on site by principal contractor Ringway Jacobs. Following a thorough evaluation, Transport for London recognised GreenBlue Urban’s tree pit system as the most robust and effective solution for promoting healthy tree growth and minimising long-term maintenance.
Since 1992, GreenBlue Urban have been investing much time and research into what was causing the high mortality in urban tree planting and ways and products to re-create forest-floor-quality root space. In high traffic cities, this requires accurate control of irrigation, aeration, compaction avoidance and pollution control whilst, at the same time, ensuring service duct integrity and the protection of pedestrian and cycle access. For this project, GreenBlue Urban supplied a comprehensive package that included RootSpace, RootDirectors, RootRain, Geonet, and engineered soil, along with an additional 19 RootDirectors, Castle Tree Grilles and Thames Guards.
Archway Gyratory featured on the front cover of the London Mayor Strategy 2017, with Grayham Tindal, Transport for London arboriculturist, commenting: “TfL are continuing to improve the environment for the health and wellbeing of our customers. Planting trees in the streets of London has many challenges, in this instance these were solved using a cellular system. We have found GBU very supportive and their products delivered all the requirements and expectations for this project. I am sure TfL will be working with GBU again in the future.”
The ‘value added’ benefits of the project as defined by Transport for London include:
Working closely with Contractors and Sub Contractors; Connor Gavigan of Gavigan Paving states “Radical changes at the A1 Archway Gyratory will reduce the impact of traffic and make the area feel cleaner and greener. We have removed the roundabout to create a peninsular, to improve the safety for vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians. The widened footpaths and new crossing points will help improve the flow of foot traffic, whilst maintaining the flow of vehicle traffic”.
“GreenBlue Urban have enabled Archway to maintain its greenery whilst also providing a great urban pedestrianised space. I would recommend GBU, their products help sustain the environment are sleek and easy to install.”
Watch the full panoramic installation video on YouTube.
The ‘value added’ benefits of the project as defined by Transport for London include:
Working closely with Contractors and Sub Contractors; Connor Gavigan of Gavigan Paving states “Radical changes at the A1 Archway Gyratory will reduce the impact of traffic and make the area feel cleaner and greener. We have removed the roundabout to create a peninsular, to improve the safety for vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians. The widened footpaths and new crossing points will help improve the flow of foot traffic, whilst maintaining the flow of vehicle traffic”.
“GreenBlue Urban have enabled Archway to maintain its greenery whilst also providing a great urban pedestrianised space. I would recommend GBU, their products help sustain the environment are sleek and easy to install.”
Watch the full panoramic installation video on YouTube.
