Work is due to start this month on improvements to cycle and pedestrian facilities, and on traffic signals on St Mary’s Road.
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It’s designed to improve access for those living and working in the area, customers visiting local shops, and people travelling to the Royal South Hants Hospital and Solent University, said Southampton City Council.
“The scheme will deliver cycle route improvements along St Mary’s Road between Charlotte Place and Bellevue Terrace, as well as on Charlotte Place,” the authority explained.
“These are set to include new cycle lanes both on-road and on footways, dropped kerbs and cycle parking. Upgrades to the traffic signal technology at St Mary’s Road/Charlotte Place and St Mary’s Road/Onslow Road/Bellevue Terrace will allow cyclists to pass the junction ahead of vehicles, further creating a safer cycling environment.”
The council said cycle improvements will create a new section of the SCN6 route, “a key part of the developing Southampton Cycle Network (SCN)”.
It added: “The works mark the second stage of improvements to be undertaken on the route and will link to the earlier facilities completed in autumn 2020 along Bevois Valley. The route also forms a connection to the nearby SCN5 corridor along The Avenue, which itself has recently been upgraded with new cycle facilities. Once complete, the finished SCN6 cycle route will run from the city centre to Portswood, Swaythling and Eastleigh.”
Work will start on January 24 and is expected to be carried out over a 12-week period, with funding coming from the government’s Transforming Cities Fund and Active Travel Fund.