News on People Friendly Streets Islington

Islington Council has been carrying out work to introduce the Amwell people-friendly streets neighbourhood, which includes traffic filters at Great Percy Street, Lloyd Square and Margery Street. With the main works now completed, we will unveil the currently covered signage on Great Percy Street on Monday 23 November, and start camera enforcement at the traffic filters at Great Percy Street and Lloyd Square.

Please note that signage for the Margery Street camera-enforced filter will not yet be unveiled, and camera enforcement at Margery Street will not yet commence and will be announced later.

Please be aware that from Monday 23 November, any motor vehicle (except for emergency services) travelling through the camera-enforced traffic filters on Great Percy Street or Lloyd Square will be subject to a Penalty Charge Notice. Waze is already displaying the restrictions and therefore this app or website is the easiest way for you to find routes that avoid the traffic filters. Some of the filters are showing on Google Maps, and it is expected that the remaining measures will display on Google Maps shortly. You can find a map of the scheme and images of the filters in the leaflet here .

There will be a bedding-in period following the unveiling of the signage as drivers get used to the new routes, but experience in other people-friendly streets neighbourhoods has shown that after a few weeks this will settle down and the residents of Amwell will be able to enjoy the benefits of people-friendly streets, which are safer, healthier and quieter for local residents and all road users.