A better place for all
Summary
The transport package for Warwick Town Centre has been developed to address a number of issues faced by the town. The package of measures can be summarised as follows:
- Traffic management proposals to introduce one-way routing on The Butts and High Street / Jury Street to ease vehicle flows and provide opportunities to reallocate road space to other users
- Gateway improvements – reconfiguring the layout of highway junctions including Westgate, Eastgate and St Johns junctions to improve facilities for pedestrians and cyclists and enhance the historic built environment by reducing the footprint of junctions and enhancing the public realm
- Improved connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists, including wider pavements and new crossing points for pedestrians and dedicated provision for cyclists with new cycle lanes / shared use cycleways and cycle-contraflow on some one-way streets
Proposals
- Wider pavements and new crossing points for pedestrians will improve the town centre environment and provide good connectivity into and across the town
- Cycle lanes and shared use cycleways will improve cycle links into and across the town
- One-way routing along The Butts in a northbound direction will reduce stationary traffic and allow pavements to be widened and will also improve the setting of historic buildings by removing traffic lanes and widening pavements at Eastgate
- One-way routing along High Street/Jury Street in an eastbound direction will improve pedestrian connections between the Castle and the town, will allow for a reduction in traffic lanes at Eastgate and Westgate with additional space for pavements and landscaping, and traffic restrictions on Castle Lane will prevent through traffic using this route as an alternative to High Street/Jury Street
- Reducing street clutter through a review of signage and street furniture
- Junction alterations at key gateways will allow space to be given over to other users and will provide a more sensitive setting for historic buildings
- 20mph zone will improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists
