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South Bristol to Become a Liveable Neighbourhood – have your say!
The South Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood project will consider the BS3 area, including Southville, Windmill Hill and Bedminster. The project aims to create safer and quieter streets by encouraging people to walk, cycle, and wheel for shorter journeys. Implementing measures such as modal filters, bus gates, pocket parks, and changes to traffic flow can achieve this. Other important aims include improving air quality, enhancing the public realm and green spaces, and improving access to local high streets.
Liveable neighbourhoods are areas where improvements are designed with local communities to achieve better balance between streets’ use for vehicles and people. Small-scale improvements can include planting trees, providing benches, and improving lighting. Evidence shows that streets with less traffic and more space for people lead to more conversations between neighbours and opportunities for children to play.
Liveable neighbourhoods are made up of residential streets bound by main roads that handle greater volumes of vehicle traffic. Modal filters and other traffic interventions can help prevent rat runs through smaller residential streets, while still maintaining vehicle access to residents. These changes can benefit residents with cleaner air, quieter neighbourhoods and be a safer environment for children. South Bristol was chosen for several reasons, including funding availability, calls from local councillors, the area’s proximity to the city centre, and major developments like Temple Quarter, which may attract more car journeys.
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The project will involve working with the local community to design safer and quieter streets. Residents can share their thoughts on the project through the Bristol City Council website, where they can also use an interactive tool to see what their neighbourhood could look like with different measures in place and find an engagement event near them. You can send in your opinions up to the October 13, 2024.
For more information, visit www.bristol.gov.uk/sbln-engagement
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