This consultation is now closed - thank you for your feedback.
As part of our Highways Asset Maintenance PFI programme (for more information, visit our highways PFI webpage under related links), a large investment will be made in renewing our roads and pavements between 2013 - 2018.
This is a real opportunity to think about how our roads and pavements work to make sure they are best set up to meet the 21st century requirements placed on them.
In particular we are keen to:
deal with any remaining 'accident blackspots' - for cyclists, providing continuous cycle lanes and tackling 'pinch points' that bring cyclists and other vehicles into conflict
improve the ability for people to access key destinations by foot and generally improve the public space
improve the accessibility of our streets so they cater for all users. This particularly applies to bus stops and transport interchanges
provide a more dedicated road space for buses to improve journey speed and reliability, where possible; and
tackle congestion hot-spots to improve journey times for all users, where possible.
In March 2012 we invited you to suggest where our roads could be improved to achieve the above listed outcomes.
What happens next?
We will collect all the ideas we have received, agree a programme with councillors and start designing schemes ready to be built in 2013 onwards.
As with all traffic schemes, they will be approved by councillors prior to being implemented on the ground.