The emerging Bitterne Park residents’ group known as ‘Love the Triangle’ met on March 6 to consider draft council plans for changes to the layout of the Triangle, and came up with three proposals to feed into the consultation process.
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As reported, there could be around £75,000 Section 106 money towards “improved pedestrian and cyclist facilities” at the Triangle from the McCarthy & Stone development by Cobden Bridge.
Original council plans included the banning of various right turns – an idea which has already reportedly seen “a lot of opposition”.
The Love the Triangle meeting notes record that present at their meeting “there was a mix of men and women and the group represented walkers, cyclists and drivers”.
We’ve made the full meeting notes available to view or download as a PDF from bitternepark.info from this link, but in summary, possible developments to the original council plans put forward by the group included:
- Creating a pedestrianised area on the west side of the Triangle
- Looking at traffic flows and light sequencing to alleviate congestion and aid pedestrian safety
- Creating a pedestrianised area on the east side of the Triangle
It’s hoped that the council will explore these ideas in more detail to see which could work, and will take up an invitation to come and speak at a future meeting.
Meanwhile 15 of those present signed up to the newly-formed Love the Triangle group: a more formal residents’ group could apparently liaise more closely with the council, and potentially attract more improvement funds.
And a plan to try to close the section of road outside the Butcher’s Hook on June 21, which is Clean Air Day, was agreed, to “provide an opportunity for local people to see, and comment upon, what the space around the Triangle could look and feel like if a pedestrianisation proposal was enacted”.