Victoria Embankment lane restrictions

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Just got this from Tfl:
There will be one lane open in each direction on Victoria Embankment and Lower Thames Street from Friday until mid-December. Delays are expected to increase as a result and road users are advised to check before travelling. This is due to East-West Cycle Superhighway work.

It's already been restricted to one lane each way since Monday, and it's awful!
My commute has pretty much doubled.

Don't know what the cycle superhighway will look like, but I have never seen any issues with/for cyclists on that stretch of road?

If anything, assuming the highway will run in the middle of the road, it will increase the risk of a cyclist being t-bones when a car is turning off the Embankment?

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They're getting rid of 2 lanes!
https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/cycling/a8130262

That's my commuting by car days well and truly over. Traffic will be insane

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Did Northumberland avenue to Tower Hill this morning at 8.10am.
Wasn't too bad but obviously worse than previously.

Same route yesterday at 10am took me twice as long though.

Definitely avoid peak hours

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Jagmanv12 said:

Thankfully I don't use this road very much but did the other day and thought what idiot dreamed up removing 2 lanes of a main road. Was there a high usage of this road by cyclists? i.e. is it reallly necessary?

If a vehicle breaks down or there's an accident there will be gridlock.

There are an awful lot of cyclists using that route to be fair.

Also I can see the appeal for tourists who may want to ride from Westminster/Big Ben to the Tower of London or vice-versa.