Major traffic changes are planned in South West London to improve safety at collision hotspots including protecting cyclists.

Richmond Council is pressing ahead with schemes to improve pedestrian and cyclist routes across the borough, including changing the road layout near Hampton Court Palace and improvements to other busy junctions.

A new report by council officers has given an update on long-term, expensive traffic schemes which are being delivered through their work programme, targeting areas with high rates of collisions.

It revealed the current status and likely timescales of the schemes, which have been in the pipeline for years.

The report confirmed the council is planning to launch a public consultation later this year on revised plans to improve the road layout near Hampton Court Palace to slash the rate of collisions, after temporary changes were made in 2020.

The council previously revealed Hampton Court Roundabout had the highest number of collisions of any junction in the borough from January 1, 2018, to January 31, 2022.

The authority put forward permanent measures to change the road layout in 2023, including scrapping the marked cycle lanes on both sides of Hampton Court Road, introducing a shared path for pedestrians and cyclists between the roundabout and Chestnut Avenue and installing a signalised crossing next to Hampton Court Green.

But it went back to the drawing board after 208 out of 365 responses to a public consultation on the proposals objected to them.

Officers amended the scheme to instead propose adding a new signalised pedestrian crossing on the northern arm of the roundabout and two-way cycle facilities on Hampton Court Road, with the plans now being considered by Transport for London (TfL) before moving to another public consultation.

The report also revealed TfL is reviewing the council's proposals to introduce a two-way cycle track and pedestrian improvements along Hospital Bridge Road, which links the A316 to Turing House School. The council expects to begin work on the scheme in 2026.

Elsewhere in the borough, officers are investigating making changes to the busy junction of Manor Road and Ferry Road in Teddington as it is seen as dangerous for cyclists.

The report said officers are speaking to TfL about what might be possible to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians at the junction, with proposals expected to be taken forward for public consultation in 2026 at the earliest.

The authority has also won funding from TfL to improve Kingston Bridge Roundabout to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians. The report said the introduction of any changes is not expected to begin until at least 2027.

The report said: "All schemes are subject to securing their own funding for project stages moving forwards and will be met from already existing approved budgets or will be the subject of future requests for funding."

The council's Transport Committee will consider the updates on Tuesday, 10 June.