Streets in Battlefield are set to be redesigned to “prioritise people over vehicles” with public consultation on the changes now underway.
Plans include replacing the road next to the old Victoria Hospital with “public space improvements”, new cycle lanes and bus stops and changes to traffic signals to slow down traffic.
The new consultation also reveals proposals for new bus stops, with real time information, a continuous footway across Battlefield Gardens to prioritise pedestrians and a fire gate at the end of Prospecthill Road, to simplify the junction and reduce traffic in the area, which will allow access for emergency vehicles.
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The council has said the project “aims to make it easier for people of all ages and abilities to walk, wheel and cycle in the area. It also seeks to improve the quality of public spaces along the route.”
There could also be changes to the priority of traffic signals at the Battlefield Road/Sinclair Drive junction to slow down vehicles and pedestrian islands across Battlefield Road and Sinclair Drive to improve the “crossing experience for pedestrians”.
On Battlefield Road, there could be a Toucan crossing outside Glasgow Clyde College, new electric vehicle spaces, segregated cycle lanes, seating and cycle parking. A simplified junction at Mount Florida corner is also proposed as well as loading bays for shops.
The consultation comes as Glasgow City Council, in partnership with walking and cycling charity Sustrans, relaunches a previous project, delayed by covid, as Connecting Battlefield.
It has said the process will build on work “previously collaborated on with residents and businesses using the Langside area”.
The aims of the scheme are to improve public space, make the area feel safer, provide more crossing points, prioritise people over vehicles, reduce traffic speed and volume and improve access to public transport.
The council said the redesign started due to “local concerns over how the redevelopment of the old Victoria Hospital site would impact the neighbourhood”.
The consultation, which ends on August 14, reveals work on the scheme is expected to begin in 2024. Council staff will develop the “detailed design” once feedback has been received.
Initial consultation took place in 2017 before concept design work was carried out in 2018 and 2019. The council said the covid pandemic delayed progress on the project when staff were focused on ‘Spaces for People’ and creating more space for physical distancing.
Funding for the project has been provided by Transport Scotland’s Places for Everyone programme administered by Sustrans.
More information on Connecting Battlefield can be found at: www.glasgow.gov.uk/connectingbattlefield. Alternatively, residents can visit Langside Library to view the plans.
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