Union Street and Academy Street

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Union Street and Academy Street

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Academy Street

Union Street

Street Layout

The design for this area aims to enhance the residential feel of the street and make it safer and more attractive for people to walk and cycle to the school and local amenities, and create more quality spaces for people to use and spend time in.

Key proposals include:

Making it easier and safer to cross Academy Street and Union Street by raising the road at the junction

Slowing the speed of vehicles

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

Providing new disabled parking bays in front of the school and surgery

Physically restricting parking outside the school on the keep clear zig-zag lines, and re-allocating short stays to the currently under-utilised Academy Street car park

Creating more space for people on the pavements by widening them where possible

Improving the air quality and feel of the area outside the school entrances by physically restricting parking, and including low-level planting

Re-designing the greenspace for people of all ages to use to meet and spend time in

Parking

To enhance the residential feel of the street and make the environment safer and more attractive for people accessing the school, nursery and local amenities, the design seeks to re-organise space for vehicle parking along Union Street and Academy Street.

Current capacity:

Across both streets, parking peaks at different times throughout the day.

Proposed capacity

The initial designs have been developed to ensure there is enough space provided for residents, nursery drop offs, patients and, where possible, those who work close by. However, to provide more pavement width (especially outside the school), the initial designs would provide less space for vehicle parking along Union Street and Academy Street.

Those doing short trips (for example, the school run and meal trips), will be encouraged to use the proposed Park and Stride in the under-utilised Academy Street car park.

*All designs subject to further investigation and development

Additional materials

Union Street & Academy Street Initial Designs

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Union Street and Academy Street