Mercury Gardens / Eastern Road Traffic Signals - Upgrading cycle crossing facilities

Overview

Havering Council is looking for your views on a proposed scheme to upgrade cycle crossing facilities at Mercury Gardens / Eastern Road Traffic signals.

It follows a feasibility study that was carried out and found that up to 1300 vehicles per hour use Mercury Gardens. Further analysis of collision records showed that there have been a total of two personal injury accidents (PIAs) recorded at this junction. Of these two PIAs, two were slight injuries and one involved cyclist.    

With funding being provided by the Mayor of London’s Transport for London office (TfL), we can now look at a proposed scheme including the following as shown on the plans:

• Realignment of existing central traffic islands to ensure straight across east-west cycle movement.
• Introduction of bollards in cycle crossing to prevent motor vehicle movements
• Removal of existing guard railing in the vicinity of the proposed straight across cycle crossing
• Stop lines on Mercury Gardens (North) to be pushed back for both ahead and right turn movements for realignment of traffic islands
• On Eastern Road West, an extension of the advance stop line (ASL) area to 5m to current London Cycle Design Standards (LCDS). Provision of a 4-second early release for cyclists exiting this arm and introduction of a blind spot safety mirror on the existing primary traffic signal pole.
• Cut back of existing central reservation on Mercury Gardens (North) to ensure sufficient space for a TfL Electric Bus right turn into Eastern Road.
• Traffic signals phasing changes.

Large-scale plans can also be seen on the Council website - 

https://consultation.havering.gov.uk/highways/

Any person desiring to object to the proposals or make other representation should send a statement in writing and the grounds thereof to Senior Schemes Engineer, Traffic and Parking, Town Hall, Main Road, Romford, RM1 3BB, or by email at schemes@havering.gov.uk, quoting reference QX014 to arrive by Friday 7^th November 2025.

Why your views matter

Please note we are unable to answer individual points raised at this stage, however your comments will be noted and taken into consideration when presenting the final report to the Council’s Director for Environment. Any issues will be addressed at that time.

All comments received are open to public inspection and the report will be made public.