ePetition - Keep Princes Street Pedestrianised
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Keep Princes Street Pedestrianised
Through traffic was stopped from accessing Edward St around 30 years ago. Since this time, this unique road has become a peaceful haven in the city centre providing pedestrian access to local cafes and two GP surgeries. The road is narrow and reopening as a cut through would lead to pollution, reduced pedestrian access, risk of accidents.
This ePetition ran from 05/10/2020 to 23/11/2020 and has now finished.
24 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
The proposals for Prince’s Street are featured in the
preliminary design as an addition to the original scope for Valley
Gardens Phase 3, following stakeholder engagement during 2018. I
understand that the changes were intended to address issues with
deliveries to businesses in the area, improve emergency vehicle
access, and prevent illegal and potentially unsafe traffic
movements from occurring.
Although it is a road with kerbs and footways, I can see why it is
a popular pedestrian route and therefore gives the impression that
it is pedestrianised. I can therefore fully understand the concerns
in the petition about the street potentially being used more by
traffic than it is now. The north end of Prince’s Street is
also used by a local business with outdoor seating, the type of
which has been very useful during recent months to support the
required social distancing measures during the pandemic.
I can therefore confirm for you and the petitioners that this
particular matter will be reviewed by the project team, who will be
considering possible alternative arrangements to address the
matters that had prompted the proposed change to the northern end
of Prince’s Street. If alternative arrangements are
considered safe and achievable, then it is likely that the street
can remain as it is in terms of the existing closure at the Edward
Street end.
The results of this technical work will be part of the recommended
outcomes of the further detailed design for the whole project and,
together with the results of the recent consultation, will be
reported back to this committee early next year