Hi All,
Liverpool CC has been awarded £300,000 by Sustrans for improvements to the roundabout at Princes Park
See here ... https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=princes+avenue,+liverpool&safe=off&hnea...
And the attached proposal. The attachment was just an indication of what they would do when they submitted the proposal but now they are getting into the planning stage and have asked me and another member of the cycle forum for opinion/ideas for the redesign. I thought I ought to take advantage of the CEoGB's great wealth of knowledge and experience before submitting my ideas.
The main problems are vehicles speeding onto the roundabout beacuse the radii are very shallow, and poor line of sight for pedestrians trying to cross the roads. it's a heavily used roundabout, none of the arms can be closed entirely but we are hopeful that they can all be reduced to single lane entry and exit with the exception of Princes Avenue/Princes Road. Much of the cycling traffic comes out of the park entrance going straight ahead on to Princes Road
Moving clockwise from Princes Avenue
Princes Avenue - currently three lane entry to the roundabout with a but stop bay out of the traffic lane. I propose reducing to two lanes, and put the bus stop in lane 1, this should allow enough room for a floating bus stop and protected lane for cyclists entering the roundabout.
Kingsley Road - currently has a wide exit, narrow this significantly.
Princes Gate East - reduce to one lane each way, create much larger build outs. Possibly add a zebra crossing.
Park entrance - increase size of build outs.
Princes Gate West - reduce width of lanes and increase size of pedestrian island.
Princes Road - possibly reduce to one lane with some sort of cycle lane.
All ideas / help with visualisation welcome! But I need to submit them by next Wednesday.
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Princes Park Indicative Layout | 331.08 KB |
Princes Park Gate.pdf | 1.05 MB |