Backing a cycleway and having a funded construction scheme are different milestones. Hammersmith & Fulham Council has supported Transport for London’s permanent Cycleway 9 scheme on Hammersmith Road, but TfL’s own funding and governance approvals remain outstanding.
The Cabinet decision was made on 12 October 2026 and published on 13 October. It supports implementation subject to the necessary legal, governance and operational arrangements. Riders should read this as progress through the approval process, rather than a confirmed start on site.
What the council has agreed
The Cabinet approved entering a Section 8 agreement [an agreement between highway authorities about carrying out highway work] and associated agreements with TfL. It also delegated the next delivery arrangements to its Executive Director of Place, working with the cabinet member responsible for climate and travel.
The decision explicitly says discussions with TfL continue. Council support is needed so the scheme can progress through TfL’s internal processes; it does not remove those remaining requirements.
The decision is still subject to review
The call-in deadline is 16 October. Call-in is the council scrutiny process through which a decision can be referred for further examination. If it is not called in, the published record says it takes effect on 17 October.
That effective date concerns the council decision. It is not an opening date for the cycleway, nor a date on which construction automatically begins.
Why Hammersmith Road matters
TfL’s earlier route information identifies Hammersmith Road as the connection needed to complete Cycleway 9 between Brentford and Kensington Olympia. Earlier phases brought a two-way cycle track and cycling signals to King Street and the Hammersmith gyratory [the road system around the centre].
Those connections are the practical reason to follow this decision. For a rider, a route’s usefulness depends on the junctions and intervening streets as well as its best section. However, older programme expectations should not be treated as a current delivery timetable. The decision notice gives no confirmed construction start or opening date.
What riders should watch for next
Look for TfL’s funding and governance decision, a delivery programme and any published changes to access during works. Until then, plan journeys around the existing road layout and current signs. The council’s decision page is the place to check whether its status changes after the call-in deadline.
Council decision, published 13 October · Cabinet papers, 12 October · TfL’s earlier route context
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