Statutory consultation: East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood

About East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood

The council, in partnership with local communities of Barton Hill, Redfield and St George, has developed proposals to introduce ‘East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood’ (EBLN) to achieve a better balance of how streets are used by residents and motorists.

Traffic management interventions including bus gates, modal filters/ point closures and one-ways have been designed to prevent motorised traffic from taking shortcuts through residential streets. The traffic management proposals are designed to allow people to walk, cycle and wheel through the different interventions.

Although motorised traffic would be prevented from travelling through the liveable neighbourhood, drivers would still have easy access to all homes and businesses by entering and exiting from main distributor roads. Emergency service vehicles will have exemptions to enable access through the liveable neighbourhood. It's expected that lower traffic volumes and exemptions will make it easier and quicker for emergency services to reach their destinations.

The overall aim of East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood is to reduce motorised traffic, and in doing so, reduce air pollution, noise pollution and road accidents. Creating quieter and safer streets where residents may feel more comfortable to walk, cycle or wheel when making local journeys, encouraging more people to leave their car at home.

Alongside measures to prevent through-traffic, no waiting at any time restrictions (double yellow lines) are proposed within East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood to improve pedestrian and motorist sight lines at junctions and at pedestrian crossing points. They're also necessary to prevent obstructive parking to ensure the free flow of traffic particularly for emergency, waste and delivery vehicles.

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