Over three kilometres of new cycle lanes planned for Bristol city centre
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In a major upgrade to the city’s cycling infrastructure, the new bike lanes would allow people to get around Bristol on a bicycle much more safely.
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Hide AdThe upgrades are planned in the Broadmead area, the Bedminster Bridges, Redcliffe roundabout, Temple Way and near Bond Street.
The new lanes would connect to existing and proposed parts of the cycling network, joining up several missing links.
The new bike lanes are part of a wider series of changes to traffic in the city centre, which Bristol City Council is consulting the public on until September 30.
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Hide AdThis also includes pedestrianising the Horsefair and changing the Bedminster Bridges roundabout into a signal-controlled junction.
Green Councillor Ed Plowden, chair of the transport policy committee, said: “As someone who is passionate about making sustainable transport options better and more appealing, I am delighted these proposals include plans to prioritise buses, and a raft of changes including 3.5 kilometres of segregated cycle routes along with wider pavements and better crossings.
“By investing to make bus travel quicker and more reliable, and active travel safer and easier, we can help decarbonise our transport network which would have so many benefits, not least helping people to travel more actively while cutting congestion and pollution on our roads.”
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Hide AdA new two-way segregated cycle lane will be built running from Bedminster Parade to Redcliffe Way, via Redcliff Hill.
This would include a lane running over the Bedminster Bridges and Redcliffe roundabout.
A two-way lane will be built from the eastern end of the existing track through Castle Park, up along Penn Street and connecting to Bond Street by the McDonald’s.
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Hide AdPenn Street, which sits in between Broadmead and Cabot Circus, will also be pedestrianised, with no buses or taxis allowed.
A two-way lane will be built from Nelson Street, by the music venues SWX and Strange Brew, down Fairfax Street which goes underneath the Galleries, and along Broad Weir behind Castle Park.
Another lane will run up from Bristol Bridge along the High Street and Wine Street.
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Hide AdA one-way lane will be built going up Union Street, connecting the Haymarket with Wine Street. Cyclists travelling down the hill will still have to share the road with buses.
Union Street will be made two-way for buses, while taxis and motorcycles will be banned.
A new two-way lane will be built along Lewins Mead and up the Haymarket, to the Bearpit roundabout.
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Hide AdA two-way route would be created from the Bearpit running east to Newfoundland Road and the start of the M32.
This would run along quiet streets parallel to Bond Street, where existing bike lanes will be removed to make more space for buses.
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Hide AdElsewhere, upgrades will also be made to cycling infrastructure on the Bedminster Bridges, Redcliffe roundabout and Temple Way.
New two-way segregated bike lanes will be built across both bridges, and one connecting the existing lane on Clarence Road over to Commercial Road.
New bike lanes will be built around Redcliffe roundabout, including one going down Redcliffe Way and connecting up to existing lanes near Temple Meads and over Redcliffe Bridge.
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Hide AdAnother lane would be built along Temple Way, from the junction with Temple Gate to the Old Market roundabout.
Speaking to councillors in July, Adam Crowther, head of city transport, said: “You’ll pretty much end up with a fully segregated cycle network that goes all the way around the city centre and north, south, east and west, two or three different routes.
“It’s a really comprehensive upgrade to what we’ve been building to date.”
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