OTTERY ST MARY PUBLIC REALM 28 TH April 2016 1. INITIAL OBSERVATIONS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

OTTERY ST MARY PUBLIC REALM 28 TH April 2016

1. INITIAL OBSERVATIONS 2. EMERGING VISION AND PRINCIPLES 3. IDEAS FOR STREETS AND SPACES 3. WHAT NEXT?

WHAT IS PUBLIC REALM?

PROJECT AREA

INITIAL OBSERVATIONS

A UNIQUE AND CHERISHED CHARACTER

A CELEBRATED HISTORY

CONSERVATION AREAS AND LISTED BUILDINGS

RENOWNED EVENTS – NATIONAL REPUTATION

Food Festival Weekend Jazz Festivals Pixie Day Carnival Day Tar Barrels Community Markets Flower Festival Christmas Tree Festival STRONG COMMUNITY SPIRIT

CHERISHED GREEN SPACE

BEAUTIFUL RIVERSIDE SETTING

STRONG INDEPENDENT RETAIL . VARIABLE SHOPFRONTS

UNUSUAL FEATURES

CAR IS KING

THE HEART OF THE TOWN

EXCEPTIONALLY NARROW PAVEMENTS

OBSTRUCTIONS AND VISUAL INTRUSION OF SIGNAGE

BLIND CORNERS

EXCEPTIONALLY NARROW PAVEMENTS

OVER-SIZED STREETS

IMPORTANT PEDESTRIAN LINKS FEEL LIKE BACK ROUTES

EXCESSIVE AND INCONGRUOUS ROAD MARKINGS

QUALITY OF PUBLIC REALM DOES NOT MATCH ARCHITECTURE

SEATING AT TRAFFIC JUNCTIONS

EXCEPTIONALLY NARROW PAVEMENTS

APPEALING PASSAGES

SEATING AREAS LOCATED ON TRAFFIC JUNCTIONS

A PLACE TO MOVE THROUGH NOT TO DWELL

EMERGING VISION

NO. 1 - PEDESTRIAN IS KING BALANCING TRAFFIC AND TOWN QUALITY NO. 2 - MAKE SPACE OTTERY RE-ASSIGNING ROAD SPACE TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE TOWN N0. 3 A HIGH QUALITY STREETSCAPE TO COMPLIMENT OTTERY’S CONSERVATION STATUS

01. PEDESTRIAN IS KING

“Traffic segregation should be the keynote of modern road design” Ministry of Transport (1966) “Roads in Urban Areas

Credit Ben-Hamilton Baillie

Credit Ben-Hamilton Baillie

PEDESTRIAN IS KING BALANCING TRAFFIC/ TOWN QUALITY IN OTTERY  Entry points/gateways (crossing the threshold)  Defining the centre (visual cues)  Visual widths  Highlighting pedestrian desire lines  Removing road markings and rationalising signs  Re-assigning wasted space at the junctions

POYNTON - CHESHIRE

POYNTON - CHESHIRE

POYNTON - CHESHIRE

POYNTON - CHESHIRE

SHREWSBURY

KESWICK

KESWICK

KESWICK SHREWSBURY LUDLOW

MAKE SPACE OTTERY RE-ASSIGNING ROAD SPACE TO CREATE HIGH QUALITY PEDESTRIAN ONLY SPACES CREATING SPACES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND TIME IN, WITH A CLEAR ROLE AND IDENTITY SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES

MEMORIAL TOWN PARK ? ? ‘TOWN SQUARE’

SQUARE TOWN PARK INCIDENTAL TOWN SPACES GARDEN INCIDENTAL SPACES MAIN TOWN SQUARE

TOWN SQUARE

TOWN SQUARE

RECONFIGURE JUNCTION CREATE A RAISED TABLE AND USE OTHER DEVICES TO INDICATE A PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY SPACE RELOCATE BUS STOP TO MILL STREET MAXIMISE SUNNY SPOTS & INTRODUCE SEATING OR OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTDOOR CAFÉ SPACE

OTHER SPACES

N0. 3 A HIGH QUALITY STREETSCAPE TO COMPLIMENT OTTERY’S CONSERVATION STATUS

HIGH QUALITY SIMPLICITY GOOD QUALITY MATERIALS LOCAL TO THE AREA ATTENTION TO DETAIL

WHAT NEXT?

 PARTNERSHIP APPROACH (COMMUNITY (WITH A CHAMPION, COUNCILS AND HLF SOUTH WEST)  SEEK ADVICE ON THE BEST APPROACH FOR DELIVERY (E.G. FORM A HERITAGE ACTION ZONE, REQUIREMENTS FOR TOWNSCAPE HERITAGE INTIATIVE ETC. ANY SOUTH WEST VL.E.P MONIES AVAILABLE? ARTS COUNCIL?)  GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR DESIGN, APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE CAPITAL WORKS

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