Plans to deliver a multi-million pound investment in Bristol’s city centre transport network are set to be considered by councillors on the Transport and Connectivity Committee next Thursday, 15 May. The committee will be asked to approve three reports that outline the next steps for three areas of the Bristol city centre transport corridor project.
The reports include proposals for:
- Broadmead area (also known as the Union Street area)
- Redcliffe Roundabout
- Bond Street
These are three of five locations that make up the council’s city centre transport corridor programme, which also includes Temple Way and Bedminster Bridges Roundabout. These two projects were approved at the last Transport and Connectivity Committee that took place in March.
Overall, the programme aims to increase the proportion of trips made by bus, walking, wheeling, and cycling by improving bus journey times and making active travel safer and easier through the city centre.
These projects also respond to wider city centre plans that aim to improve the area for residents, making it less vehicle dominated and a more pleasant area for people to spend time in.
Plans include introducing continuous bus lanes, segregated cycleways that link up with the central cycle network, and a bus gate on Redcliffe Street in preparation for a rapid transit service with traffic moving to a new junction at Phippen Street.
If approved, construction work on the Redcliffe Roundabout project is expected to start in 2026 following a public consultation on the planned changes, which is part of the legal process for updating the highway.
Committee members will discuss a second report that proposes submitting a further full business case to the Mayoral Combined Authority that seeks £4.52 million to build a series of bus and cycling improvements along Bond Street and the city centre.
(Pic: Bristol City Council)
