A spate of pavement improvements in this part of The Greatest Borough encompasses the spur of Lower Clapton Road that loops around the pond. It looks on course to enhance the pedestrian experience all the way round to where it meets the main road again, opposite Palm 2. See above the bit that is completed - basically a bicycle-parking apron, I suppose. See below for a long shot of the men from Volker Highways getting stuck into the next phase.

These highway works aren't only about walking and cycling, though. They are also about traffic-calming. The tighter bends and reduced road space should have the effect of slowing motorised vehicles down, which will be no bad thing given that crossing over to Palm 2 can be a bit of challenge at that rather complicated junction. I'm reliably informed - by a Hackney councillor, since you ask - that once Moore House is finished, a new, improved stretch of pavement will appear there too. Happy footsteps.

