Object

Grafton Area of Major Change SPD 2017

Representation ID: 32142

Received: 06/11/2017

Respondent: Cambridge Cycling Campaign

Representation Summary:

Future designs for East Road must have protected cycleways. The median should be removed, the carriageway shrunk, and good footways and separate, protected cycleways should be installed on either side. Crossings should be in a single-stage, with no islands nor guard-rail.

Full text:

East Road here is one of the widest roads in the entire city yet your proposal lacks protected cycleways. There is no cycling provision shown on this cross-section at all. This is unacceptable. Also, the centre median serves no purpose except to annoy people walking across the street by forcing them to wait in a penned in area. The proposal for East Road should eliminate the central median, greatly shrink the carriageway, use that regained space for properly designed protected and segregated cycleways with trees and verges protecting people from motor vehicles. Crossings of East Road should be made in a single stage: no islands nor guardrail.