Cycleway 4
Cycleway 4 is a fully segregated cycle path in London originally planned to run from Tower Bridge to Woolwich and coordinated by Transport for London. First proposed in 2008 but first consulted on as Cycle Superhighway 4 between Tower Bridge and Greenwich in 2017, the cycle lane has been in lengthy development. The section from Tower Bridge to Rotherhithe Roundabout, and the section on Evelyn Street and Creek Road, has been built as a permanent scheme.
| Cycleway 4 | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Network | Cycleways |
| Length | 3.11 km |
| Direction | East–West |
| Opened | 25 September 2020 |
| Owned by | Transport for London Southwark Council Lewisham Council Greenwich Council |
| Managed by | Transport for London |
| Area served | City of London (Streetspace for London scheme) Southwark Lewisham Greenwich |
| Technical | |
| Segregation | Fully segregated |
| Track type | Long distance cycle route |
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, TfL have extended Cycleway 4 in multiple places. Temporary, lightly segregated lanes using wands have been created on London Bridge, which has also been restricted to buses and cyclists only from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Friday. An extension of Cycleway 4 on Tooley Street and Duke Street Hill has been constructed to connect this to the permanent section at Tower Bridge. At the other end of the planned route, a temporary extension from the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, to Angerstein Roundabout has been built using light segregation, which is being extended again to Anchor and Hope Lane.
The future permanent construction of the other segments of the cycleway depends on TfL's healthy streets budget, which has had a £300 million decrease in available money due to the COVID-19 pandemic.