o1/os/is P utney Road scheme C onsultation update E DTI Scrutiny G t) 7 ~ ~~ w __ . Response P ublicity and events 2 "a March — 29~h April (8 weeks) • 291 responses in total, mainly through the • c.3,500 leaflets distributed, 111 letters sent to o nline consultation • Exhibitions had low attendance, including b usinesses around Commercial Sq. C larendon Park (10 people) • 4 drop -in exhibitions in Saffron/Commercial mixture of daytime and S q./Clarendon Park— e venings • 25.4% positive, 60.1% negative, 14.4% • Permanent display at Aylestone Leisure Centre n eutral/balanced • Clear themes in the responses ( staffed two hours per week) • Castle Ward meeting strongly opposed, Saffron • Castle Ward meetings 21~~ Nov & 13`h Feb 8'h March W ard strongly in favour G~J • Saffron Ward meeting C G o J 7 ~ ~Ms~ ~ n~ ~ ~~ F or R educe congestion • Easierjourneys • Improve travel time • Respondents focused on how it m ight affect their existing journeys C ~~ L ek<aer cs.~~ c v 1
01/08/18 A gainst • Increased traffic on Victoria Park Road — worried about impact on Clarendon Park • Increased traffic and pollution the levels in a rea • Possible link to Evesham Road • LCC should encourage sustainable transport • 'Putney Road Say No' campaign • Respondents focused on how it might affect t he local area ~~ ~ ~u. w ~ Rd/Clarendon Parlc concerns Victoria Park • Victoria Park Road currently designated a B Road a nd used as an orbital route • Expected to take through traffic • Off carriageway cycle lanes, and several s ignalised crossing points • Predicted moderate increase will remove traffic f rom more residential streets and provide s horter journeys • Impact on Clarendon Park to be monitored and, ~ i f necessary, action taken C 7 ~ ° u « «~<, A ir Pollution concerns Traffic concerns on Putney but • Increase in traffic Road, • Increase in emissions at the junctions c reates benefits on other parts of the • Overall benefit to city emission levels n etwork f rom shorter routes and less congestion • Journeys redistributed from other routes • Less traffic on residential routes manage high • Junctions designed to v olumes oitraffic C G o~ ~O~ l ee L ekesfer 2
o1/os/Zs E vesham Rd concerns Sustainable Transport concerns • Council has to take a balanced approach • Putney Rd scheme provides benefits t o transport improvements i ndependent of other highway schemes • Scheme does benefit cars, but reduced E vesham Rd is part of the Local Plan c ongestion will benefit other users p rocess • Council delivering a programme of NPIF- • Benefits/impacts yet to be quantitatively funded bus pinch point schemes i nvestigated • Scheme does interrupt a well used cycle • Likely to be debated at Full Council in the r oute —junction being designed to A utumn C G o~ r educe the impact on cyclists U ° J 4 '+ .u~ ! <:<c Scheme Benefits S cheme Benefits —shorter journeys • Increases in traffic are manageable • Redistribution of existing trips being m ade • Redistributes existing journeys, r educing pressure on key parts of the • More sensible, shorter east -west routes n etwork • Less congestion on surrounding roads • Provides benefits independent of other • Less pollution s chemes • Less traffic using residential streets C G p J ~O~ ~ .«,a, < <c S cheme Benefits —improved access N ext Steps —monitoring strategy • Access to • Outline for study "before and after" d evelopments d ata • education institutions • M1 H ighlight areas where the Council • More resilient network w ould want to note, monitor, and • Increased attractiveness for a ction results d evelopment ~ O~ G ° v ~ .r L eken<r c , c-.~~ 3
o1/os/Zs Next Steps — Design N ext Steps —monitoring strategy • Traffic flows along roads and streets, • Complete design i ncluding residential areas • Develop cycle routing • Pedestrian and cycle figures • Work with UoL regarding the development • Pollution modelling F reemans Park • Engage contractor GOB GOB ~ ~~ ~ :<~ C Y ~ i -:~ r : _ . ~ '4 ~ ' ~ + 1 i. , qyy, ~ s . v ~ / `~` k ~ ,~
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