BCC has been consulting on improvements to Concorde Way, a key active travel route to Lockleaze and beyond from Bristol City centre. The proposals include reducing traffic using a modal filter and introducing trees along Dovercourt Road. In our response, BWA has welcomed the improvements to Dovercourt Road, but has challenged the need for shared […]
St Philip’s Marsh is the largest part of the Bristol Temple Quarter Development Framework area. It is currently mainly industrial and commercial, but it is one of the few remaining areas in Bristol that could be used to provide a significant amount of new housing. An initial engagement is just finishing in order to gather
Bristol City Council are proposing improvements to Riverside Park and the River Frome channel to improve green and public spaces and to restore the River Frome as a thriving ecological corridor. BWA has responded to the consultation on these improvements. In our response, we support the desire to create a better river environment and public
BWA welcomes the introduction of segregated cycleways in new road schemes. But we would like to see a consistent approach to how pedestrian crossing points of cycleways are implemented. In recent plans for new road schemes in the city centre, some crossings are due have zebra markings, but some are not. We have submitted a
Comments have been invited on the draft Western Harbour Masterplan by consultants who have drawn up the plan for Bristol City Council. In our response, BWA welcomes some aspects of the draft Masterplan including the reduction in redundant roads, a new footbridge, and better leisure routes. But we are concerned that the pedestrian infrastructure is
BWA has responded to proposals for a Southern Gateway entrance to Temple Meads Station. This would provide car and cycle parking for station staff and users, but importantly would also allow a a more direct pedestrian route to the platforms for those approaching from the south. In BWA’s comments, we recommend changes that would make
BWA has put in an objection to the planning application (25/10013/P) for development of Temple Island. In our objection we point out that insufficient mitigation has been built into the plans to improving the pedestrian access along Bath Road. This is one of the worst pieces of pedestrian infrastructure in the city, with pedestrians, cyclists
Bristol City Council’s Transport and Connectivity Policy Committee is due to discuss a policy on Cycle Lane Legibility at its meeting on 20th March 2025. BWA offers our input to the development of this policy. Whilst having a consistent way of distinguishing cycle lanes by surface colour would be useful, there are other significant considerations
BWA has responded to the latest engagement on the Western Harbour. This is the area around the Cumberland Basin which has been under debate since 2019. The latest suggestions are much more modest, particularly in proposed scale of housing and road reconfiguration. Comments at this stage will feed into a draft masterplan for the area,
The Harbour Place Shaping Strategy (HPSS) aims to set out how Bristol Harbour will be developed over the next 20 years. It consists of a vision and a set of proposed plans for each part of the harbour between Cumberland Basin and Totterdown Basin. BWA has responded to a consultation on the proposed HPSS which
