A4 Upper Bristol Road

Contents

• Introduction and policy background
• Scheme overview
• Detailed plans: for cyclists
• Detailed plans: for pedestrians
• Detailed plans: for motorists
• Detailed plans: for bus users
• Detailed plans: for residents
• Our experts discuss the plans
• Scheme drawings and diagrams
• Have your say
• Project timeline
• Project funding and documentation

Detailed plans: for pedestrians

Improvements to make road crossings safer

Continuous footways

A continuous footway is a relatively new method of giving people priority over vehicles, where side roads join main roads. The level of the road surface at the junction is raised to the same height as the pavement, with gentle ramps for drivers. The road surface also changes, to give the appearance that the pavement continues across the entrance of the side road. There are also ‘give way’ lines to show vehicles they have to give priority to people crossing. 

View a similar scheme on Google Streetview

View the proposed locations for continuous footways on Upper Bristol Road

Road narrowing at the Marlborough Lane crossing

Continuous footways are very effective for slowing the speeds of cars at junctions, but they are only suitable at side roads that have relatively low levels of traffic. Therefore, at the Marlborough Lane junction with Upper Bristol Road, we are proposing to widen the pavements so that there is less road width for pedestrians to cross.  

View a similar scheme

Instructions on how to use our mapping tool

For an interactive map of the project area, use the button below. On the map, you can click on any section of the marked scheme roads to view more detailed documents:

• Google satellite images of the current road layout and markings
• Plan drawings of the changes we are proposing