LOWER HIGH ST AND KING STREET CHANGES- CONSULTATION Your councillors have been working with officers to get improvements in the area of Lower Street from the Ring Road to King St and in King Street and George St. This follows concerns raised by residents but also the need to improve the area to meet the likely increase in pedestrian movements from Watford High Street Station once the Croxley Rail Link is finished. The consultation which has been circulated to affect residents, local traders and intrest groups. It involves: On road contraflow cycle lane along High Street down to the ring road. This is an extension of the existing facility through the High Street and will provide a formal facility to connect the town centre to the rail station and further south. In accordance with the regulations this will also include waiting and loading/unloading restrictions to ensure the viability of the lane. It will displace (ban) informal blue badge parking and a taxi bay along this part of the High Street. This lane would also have priority over traffic entering High Street from Water Lane. 2. Upgrade of the existing controlled pedestrian crossing facilities within the High Street- ring road-Lower High Street signalised junction to ‘toucan’ capability. This formally allows cyclists to use a controlled crossing facility and would include upgraded paving and crossing signal equipment. This proposal would also introduce a toucan facility on the western part of the junction which does not currently exist, along with localised footway widening. This would benefit both pedestrians and cyclists. Currently users of the crossing have to cross from the rail station to the west side of High Street by crossing four sections of highway whereas this proposal reduces it to one section. 3. Conversion (and widening) of the footway on the eastern side of Lower High Street down to the existing toucan crossing adjacent to Local Board Road. This will link up with National Cycle Route 6/67. 4. Conversion of a section of footway on the western side of Lower High Street to enable off road transit to the service road to the rail station and onward north bound. 5. Various localised paving improvements. 6. King Street qualifies for a 20mph speed limit and we thus propose to run this from its junction with High Street and the ring road. This will complement the 20mph limits introduced on nearby Smith Street, Granville Road and The Crescent. They also plan to implement a 20mph speed limit on George Street-Church Street-New Street in order to create a contiguous zone within this part of the town centre. This has been a specific request from local residents. 7.Removal of the current vegetation/ relocation of the lamp post and creation of a footway on that section of King St by Kings House to the traffic lights. This will enable pedestrians to cross the Ring Road here without having to also cross to the footway on the other side of the road. This has been a specific request from local residents. If you have any comments on this please do email us and also the county council direct at: [email protected]
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:26:46 +0000
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