Hampden Way reconstruction

Background of scheme

Over the last 10 years Hampden Way has been subject to a deterioration in its condition, leading to the break up of the carriageway surface. This deterioration has been exacerbated by surface water flows moving through the sub surface towards Pymmes Brook.

In recent years we have carried out extensive patch repairs, which are also deteriorating at a quicker than expected rate.

An extensive review was completed in July 2022, with advantages and disadvantages, buildability, sustainability, health and safety, operations and maintenance, design life and cost all taken into account.

Having reviewed various proposals, we have opted for a full rebuild of the carriageway and installation of a new drainage system.

At a cost of around of £3million, the Hampden Way reconstruction is the biggest investment ever in a single carriageway by Barnet Council and is expected to prolong the life of Hampden Way in excess of 25 years.

Benefits of the scheme

We understand that the re-construction works will inconvenience local residents and businesses, as well as those that use Hampden Way. However, the essential works have many long term benefits including:

creating a long-term solution to the current ongoing issues with the Hampden Way carriageway surface
reducing the likelihood of future carriageway damage (potholes, etc), which will require ad-hoc carriageway closures and disruption to residents
improving drainage in the area, reducing the risk of flooding
providing an opportunity to collaborate with our utility partners, enabling them to access their apparatus to upgrade and maintain their network at the same time we are undertaking these reconstruction works.

Programme of works

To minimise disruption to residents, the reconstruction works will be undertaken in 5 phases. This means that the road will be closed in sections rather than needing to implement and full road closure.

Excavation and removal of all existing carriageway material
Removal of existing surface water drainage network
Install new drainage system
Reconstruction a new road
Resurface the new road

We will also provide an opportunity for our utility partners (Thames Water, Affinity Water, Cadent Gas, BT, etc) to upgrade and maintain their network at the same time we are undertaking our works.

Hampden Way phasing plan (ODT, 1.5MB)

Phase two is currently underway. The road is closed from 39 Hampden Way to 77 Hampden Way.

Phase three is scheduled to start on Monday 11 November 2024 and will see the road closed from Hampden Square to 2 Hampden Way.

Phase one is complete.

Diversion route

Local diversions will be in place via Waterfall Road, Brunswick Park Road and Osidge Lane.

Bus route 184 towards Barnet, Chesterfield Road

From Waterfall Road at the junction with Brunswick Park Road, right Brunswick Park Road, ahead Osidge Lane to line of route.

Bus route 184 towards Turnpike Lane

From Osidge Lane at the junction with Brunswick Park Road, ahead Brunswick Park Road, left Waterfall Road to line of route.

Road safety consultation

As part of our Hampden Way reconstruction works, our engineering team carried out a feasibility study to look into road safety issues raised by the local residents.

We are proposing to introduce a number of new road safety measures that will reduce the speed of vehicles, and also aim to address concerns of speeding, lack of safe crossing points, safe parking issues, and poor visibility at junctions.

Our statutory consultation started on 8 August 2024, and ended on 5 September 2024.

Letters were delivered to 939 properties in the local area seeking views on the proposed measures. We received a total of 58 responses from residents, with 65.5% of respondents agreeing that our proposals will improve road safety in the area.

Full details on the measures we are introducing can be found in our Hampden Way newsletter below:

Hampden Way newsletter - Phase one / two - 30/09/2024 (PDF, 668 KB)

Further details of the statutory consultation are available on Engage Barnet at engage.barnet.gov.uk.

Hampden Way reconstruction works FAQs

Our Hampden Way reconstruction works Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) aim to answer your most common queries. Before getting in touch with us to ask a question, please read our FAQs:

Hampden Way FAQs (ODT, 17.4KB)

Contacting the Hampden Way project team

If you have any questions or queries about the works that are not covered in our FAQs above, you can contact our dedicated Hampden Way project team by: