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Road closure plans for ‘liveable neighbourhood’ trial revealed
Bristol City Council has revealed what roads will be closed to traffic as part of a trial in east Bristol to help make the area quieter, safer and healthier.
As part of the £5.8m East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood scheme, a series of traffic measures will be installed across Barton Hill and parts of Redfield and St George.
The measures will see roads in the residential area south of Lawrence Hill, Church Road and Summerhill Road blocked off to vehicles, to tackle rat-running and through-traffic.
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Vehicular access will be maintained for residents, delivery drivers and the emergency services.
Measures include pocket parks, modal filters – such as benches, planters or bollards – and bus gates, to address local concerns about road safety, air pollution and a lack of places to connect as a community.
Roads in east Bristol will be blocked off to vehicles with measures such as pocket parks as part of the liveable neighbourhood trial scheme – photo: Bristol City Council
The current junction of Morley Street, Victoria Avenue and Cobden Street is one area set to be affected by the measures – photo: Bristol City Council
People will still be able to pass through any of the measures by walking, cycling, wheeling or scooting – and bus access will be maintained throughout the area.
As part of the trial, the council will also install ten cycle hangers across the area in yet-to-be-decided locations.
Don Alexander, cabinet member for transport, commented: “This trial phase will help us understand how a potential future permanent scheme could look and, through ongoing engagement, understand what people living within the area like about it and what they would change before putting in place any final scheme.”
The trial will take place from autumn 2023, and could be made permanent from 2025. If successful, it could also be replicated in other areas such as BS3 in south Bristol.
The full list of the roads having measures installed are as follows:
- Avonvale Road, Pilemarsh – bus gate
- Avonvale Road – bus gate
- Barnes Street – pocket park
- Beaufort Road west – pocket park
- Beaufort Road middle – modal filter
- Cobden Street – pocket park
- Cossham Road, Wicket Lane – pocket park
- Ducie Road bridge – modal filter
- Ducie Road, Barton Hill Road – pocket park
- Glebe Road – pocket park
- Great Western Lane – modal filter
- Kingsmarsh Way – modal filter
- Lincoln Street – modal filter
- Marsh Lane – pocket park
- Morton Street – one-way
- The Avenue – modal filter
- Victoria Avenue West – modal filter
- Victoria Avenue – pocket park
The east Bristol liveable neighbourhood covers Barton Hill, Redfield and St George – photo: Bristol City Council
Main photo: Charlie Watts
Read next:
- Through traffic to be banned in east Bristol ‘liveable neighbourhood’
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- Proposals for upgrading parks and a new liveable neighbourhood
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