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Hammersmith roundabout will be made safer for cyclists and pedestrians after almost 80 per cent of people backed changes proposed by Transport for London.

A segregated cycle lane will be built on the north side of the gyratory in the first step towards developing a cycle superhighway on the A315.

Construction is set to start next summer and the 750-metre track on Hammersmith Road is expected to be completed in summer 2018.

An eastbound contraflow cycle lane in King Street will be extended to the gyratory. A TfL consultation found 57 per cent of the 656 respondents supported the changes, with 22 per cent giving partial support and 17 per cent opposed.

Some cycling groups said the proposals did not go far enough in protecting riders on the south side. Plans to remove a pedestrian crossing on Shepherd’s Bush Road are likely to be scrapped.

Mayor Sadiq Khan wants as much of the work as possible done at night. Val Shawcross, deputy mayor for transport, said: “The changes will mean not having to cycle directly round the gyratory alongside other traffic.”