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Following a request from Government to install emergency active travel measures, as a response to the COVID pandemic, BCP Council introduced an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) to create a low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) in Victoria Park Road in August 2020. The experimental junction closure was implemented on Victoria Park Road, between the junctions with Oates Road and Namu Road. The closure applied to motorised traffic only, so people were still able to walk, wheel and cycle through. The closure was designed to reduce the number of vehicles cutting through the area, and create a quieter, safer environment for residents and for people, including school children, to cycle, scoot and walk through.
You said
Consultation(External link) carried out in the six month review period that followed the introduction of the original ETRO indicated that the closure in its current form/location does not have overall public support.Two reports summarising the findings of the feedback from the six month review (Scheme Review and Six month report) are available.
Further consultation(External link) was carried out in between August and September 2021 to engage with local residents, businesses and organisations to understand their views on options for alternative measures which could be introduced.
We did
Following the further engagement exercise with local residents, we have listened to their views and have now taken the decision(External link) to remove the trial low traffic neighbourhood at Victoria Park Road.
Overall, the responses gathered during our initial consultation were not in favour of retaining the scheme on a permanent basis. A number of additional options were presented earlier in the year to improve the trial, however concerns remained around increased congestion on other local roads and around the local school. Therefore, as the response to these additional options has not shown to be supported, we have listened to residents and made the decision(External link) to remove the trial.
We asked
Following a request from Government to install emergency active travel measures, as a response to the COVID pandemic, BCP Council introduced an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) to create a low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) in Victoria Park Road in August 2020. The experimental junction closure was implemented on Victoria Park Road, between the junctions with Oates Road and Namu Road. The closure applied to motorised traffic only, so people were still able to walk, wheel and cycle through. The closure was designed to reduce the number of vehicles cutting through the area, and create a quieter, safer environment for residents and for people, including school children, to cycle, scoot and walk through.
You said
Consultation(External link) carried out in the six month review period that followed the introduction of the original ETRO indicated that the closure in its current form/location does not have overall public support.Two reports summarising the findings of the feedback from the six month review (Scheme Review and Six month report) are available.
Further consultation(External link) was carried out in between August and September 2021 to engage with local residents, businesses and organisations to understand their views on options for alternative measures which could be introduced.
We did
Following the further engagement exercise with local residents, we have listened to their views and have now taken the decision(External link) to remove the trial low traffic neighbourhood at Victoria Park Road.
Overall, the responses gathered during our initial consultation were not in favour of retaining the scheme on a permanent basis. A number of additional options were presented earlier in the year to improve the trial, however concerns remained around increased congestion on other local roads and around the local school. Therefore, as the response to these additional options has not shown to be supported, we have listened to residents and made the decision(External link) to remove the trial.
