Academy Street and Mauchline Road Junction

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The design for this area aims to enhance the residential character of the street, make it safer and more attractive for people to walk and cycle to the school and local amenities, and improve links to the River Irvine Walk and Crookedholm.

Key proposals include:

• Providing an attractive path through the car park and removing the back wall to better connect to the river and Crookedholm

• Formalising parking bays outside residential properties and the Dentist

• Discouraging parking on the areas with double yellow lines and near junctions by directing people to the under-utilised car park through clearer signage

• Making it easier for people to cross side roads by extending the pavements over junction mouths, providing appropriate tactile paving for people with visual impairments

The design for this area aims to make it easier to cross Mauchline Road and Academy Street, and safer and more attractive for people to walk and cycle to the village centre, school, and local amenities.

Key proposals include:

• Making it easier to cross by raising the road to pavement level, and including tactile paving for people with visual impairments

• Slowing the speed of vehicles turning by narrowing the radii of the junction mouth at the corners

• Making the movement of people walking and cycling more visible to drivers by highlighting desire lines with informal crossings

• Making it easier for people to move around on foot by physically reinforcing waiting restrictions

• Providing a timed loading bay for deliveries to local businesses

The proposals for this area aim to provide a new public space for people of all ages to spend time in.

Key proposals include:

• Increasing the amount of public space by moving the bus stop to a new location (Option A is to the north of Mauchline Road; Option B is to push it slightly south from its current location)

• Screening the public space from the noise and poor air-quality of Mauchline Road with planting and trees

• Suggesting ideas for how to use the public space for meeting, sitting, playing, and other activities

• Celebrating the history and heritage of Hurlford through artwork and public realm features

• Creating a path through the space to better connect desired crossings

*All designs subject to further investigation and development