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Measures being put in place to help social distancing and support walking and cycling in Staple Hill

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From Monday 29 June, changes to Staple Hill High Street will be introduced on a trial basis to enable people to shop in a safe environment and adhere to social distancing guidelines as we emerge from COVID-19 restrictions.

As we begin to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown restrictions are eased, our roads and High Streets are becoming busier. Staying safe and saving lives by keeping to social distancing is more important than ever to help protect the most vulnerable and reduce the rate of infection.

We have a statutory duty to make it as easy as possible to follow rules for social distancing in public places and we are working on several projects to make public places safer.

The changes involve installing traffic signals on the High Street and reducing the road to one lane of traffic across the junction with Page Road, which will enable us to create additional space for pedestrians and cyclists to use.

Traffic will be separated from the pedestrian and cycling areas with barriers and a temporary crossing will be in place. Parking bays on the north side of the High Street, a bus bay and the current, signal-controlled pedestrian crossing will be suspended for the time-being.

Page Road will be closed to through traffic between the free car parks and there will be no direct access to the High Street for motor vehicles. We will signpost the routes to free car parks on Page Road from the High Street.

Following feedback from residents and discussions with local councillors, we will also be closing Signal Road and Charnell Road to through traffic from Monday 29 June to prevent congestion on nearby roads and to improve access to the Bristol-Bath railway path for cyclists and pedestrians.

Cabinet Member for Planning, Transport and Strategic Environment, Cllr Steve Reade said: “These changes are part of our emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to help stop the spread of the virus and save lives in our local communities as lockdown eases.

“We have a statutory duty to make it as easy as possible to follow rules for social distancing and we are supporting the local economy by giving shoppers the confidence to start using their High Street again by providing space to queue and pass each other at a safe distance while enabling businesses to trade outside where possible.

“We will be reviewing these measures regularly and we welcome feedback from the local community. Further schemes across South Gloucestershire will be announced over the coming weeks.”

This scheme is one of many we are delivering to help support businesses, allow people to safely get to work and to walk and cycle safely as well as to help schools reopen. The funding for this work comes from central Government through the West of England Combined Authority (WECA). Further information is available on our website www.southglos.gov.uk/making-public-places-safer

We welcome feedback on the trial, please visit www.sustrans.org/space-to-move

We have also adapted our Local Transport Priority List (Assess and Decide) process for considering requests from residents. We welcome any useful suggestions from the public.

If there are any interim measures we can implement to easily help people maintain social distancing we will put these in place as soon as possible. Visit www.southglos.gov.uk/local-transport-priority-list

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