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Background
Vision Objective
Proposals
Rationale
Activity

Recent Activity:

The study of the effects of closing Blue Boar Row to ordinary traffic has been completed and the conclusions forecast the impact to be very small. In practice, this could mean a much more attractive pedestrian environment around the whole of the Market Place area.

The Vision would continue to work with the Council in reviewing the matter alongside the latter’s work on a design brief for the Market Place. 

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Background:

Salisbury’s medieval street pattern was not created to accommodate the type or volume of traffic movement we see in the city today. This often leads to congestion at peak times and conflict in the city centre between vehicle and pedestrian movements.

In 2008 Wiltshire County Council commissioned a Salisbury and Wilton Transport model which is the first step in the development of the Transport and Movement Strategy. This key piece of work will be able to represent existing and future transport conditions within and in the immediate vicinity of the city and provide the means of testing the impact of various growth and Vision redevelopment scenarios.

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Vision Objective:

Reduce traffic entering and circulating within the core of the city centre to reduce air and noise pollution and provide safer walking and cycling route.

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Proposals:

  • Encourage and promote the use of the Park and Ride service
  • Develop a hierarchy of routes that restricts traffic movement to include:
    • pedestrian-only routes
    • tertiary routes. These are pedestrian-focused streets within the central city core that are for use by buses, taxis, cyclists, servicing and existing residents only, enforced by appropriate access restrictions around the periphery
    • secondary routes. These are localised traffic routes, outside the area covered by tertiary routes, allowing cars to access local destinations. These could include Home Zone areas within new and existing residential areas such as Churchfields or St Edmund’s
    • primary routes. These are all-vehicle routes, including cars, lorries, and HGV’s intended to carry through traffic around the edge of the city centre
  • Improve the streetscape within the core of the city through shared surfaces giving priority to pedestrians and sending the message to drivers that they are secondary users
  • Minimise coach traffic through the city whilst ensuring drop-off points to service the Cathedral and city centre
  • Improve crossing facilities for pedestrians/cyclists and junction improvements along the A36 ring road
  • Provide or upgrade cycle routes along all major thorough fares including Southampton Road, Exeter Street, Churchfields Road and Castle Street. These should link, where possible, with National Cycle routes passing through the city centre.
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Rationale:

  • To minimise the number of traffic movements – circulating or travelling through the city centre – to help provide a safe environment free from the negative effects of traffic and pollution
  • To make the city more ‘friendly’ for pedestrians and cyclists

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