Safer, Better Streets - Newtown Road/Fonthill Road
We’re looking to improve the junction Fonthill Road and Newtown Road.
Following a redesign on the initial proposals for Fonthill Road at the junction with Newtown Road, we have developed a final design to improve this junction.
Originally the Fonthill Road Scheme was part of the Safer, Better Streets programme: every year we assess requests for safety improvements all over the city, using the agreed Safer, Better Streets assessment process.
Fonthill Road scheme was subsequently categorised as a high-risk site.
The main improvements are:
· Closing the west arm of the junction to vehicle traffic, except cycles, creating a wide continuous footway for pedestrians and preventing rat running of vehicles into the industrial estate.
· New green space with the addition of two trees on the road closure.
· Upgrading the tactile paving on all pedestrian crossings
· Adding a raised table over the whole junction to encourage vehicles to slow on approach and preventing rat running of vehicles into the industrial estate.
We want to hear your views
The survey is open until Friday 6 December 2024 and should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
You can find more information about our Safer, Better Streets programme on the council website Safer, Better Streets webpage, including how you can request a safety improvement.
Phases
Consultation Results
Thank you for participating in our consultation on the Fonthill Road/Newtown Road improvements.
The consultation received 178 responses from residents and stakeholders.
The responses indicate the majority of residents feel that the current layout of the road is unsafe. Several issues of concern came to light in this consultation, among which is the tightness of the junction, particularly the narrowest point on the East arm of Newtown Road. This concern has been taken onboard, and we plan widen that point in the final design allowing cars to pass each other more easily, while hopefully remaining narrow enough to encourage vehicles to slow on approach.
Increased safety is felt by respondents to be the most significant benefit of the scheme, while criticisms are centred around lack of vehicle speed reduction on roads adjacent the junction and possible congestion.
The scheme will proceed into final design with the above amendments to the design presented in the consultation, with the particular view of increasing the safety of this junction.