I am pleased at the outcome of discussions between the City Council and a developer over traffic and pedestrian safety on Riverside Drive at the former “Homebase” site where around 200 apartment flats are under construction.
There has been considerable disquiet from residents about a number of aspects of the traffic and pedestrian arrangements during the construction phase. I contacted the City Council about these last week and a Planning & Transport Officer met a representative of the developer earlier today onsite to look at these. There has been agreement on a number of safety improvements which, when implemented, will hopefully address many of the concerns raised.
One of the main issues raised was the loss of good sight lines for drivers caused by the height of the barriers around the site. This affects drivers leaving the Tesco site and entering Riverside Drive from a mini-roundabout and, following discussions with Council Road Safety Officers, today’s site visit resulted in agreement that 15-20 metres of the barriers near to the roundabout will be moved northwards away from the roadway, which will address the sight lines problem. A temporary inside lane closure on Riverside Drive immediately west of the roundabout will take place tomorrow to ensure the works are carried out without delay.
One of the other issues raised has been what residents feel has been an inadequate amount of signage for pedestrians to make clear that pedestrian access continues via a pathway on the north edge of the site. Again, agreement has been reached for more, improved signage at both the east and west ends of the site, and at the west side, barriers will be placed to avoid any pedestrians walking towards the south side and the busy roadway in error.
There is another concern about the pedestrian pathway width and discussions are ongoing as to possible solutions here.
There has been considerable disquiet from residents about a number of aspects of the traffic and pedestrian arrangements during the construction phase. I contacted the City Council about these last week and a Planning & Transport Officer met a representative of the developer earlier today onsite to look at these. There has been agreement on a number of safety improvements which, when implemented, will hopefully address many of the concerns raised.
One of the main issues raised was the loss of good sight lines for drivers caused by the height of the barriers around the site. This affects drivers leaving the Tesco site and entering Riverside Drive from a mini-roundabout and, following discussions with Council Road Safety Officers, today’s site visit resulted in agreement that 15-20 metres of the barriers near to the roundabout will be moved northwards away from the roadway, which will address the sight lines problem. A temporary inside lane closure on Riverside Drive immediately west of the roundabout will take place tomorrow to ensure the works are carried out without delay.
One of the other issues raised has been what residents feel has been an inadequate amount of signage for pedestrians to make clear that pedestrian access continues via a pathway on the north edge of the site. Again, agreement has been reached for more, improved signage at both the east and west ends of the site, and at the west side, barriers will be placed to avoid any pedestrians walking towards the south side and the busy roadway in error.
There is another concern about the pedestrian pathway width and discussions are ongoing as to possible solutions here.