As local residents we welcome the Causey Development Trust aims to improve the pedestrian triangle and invite two way cycle traffic along West Crosscauseway. But local architects at Studio DuB believe that the CDT lost the support of residents on West Crosscauseway when they failed to consult the Street when the design team was appointed regarding the detail design that would be developed. Traffic
Order and Redetermination Orders TRO/16/44, and RSO/16/12 intend to eliminate the Chapel Street cycle lane and cut off West Crosscauseway. The public only has until 14h October to email comments to [email protected]
People who pay for a resident permit do not want to have the residents parking bays for up to seven cars taken away. Shops do not want to have parking bays in front of their shop windows turned into a line of rubbish bins. Making a narrow street into a cul-de-sac will put cyclists at risk and is against government guidance. Cars and vehicles up to 7.9 metres in width will need to make a three-point-turn to get out of a road of less than 5 metres in width. Large trucks will need to approach and reverse over two cycle lanes and then pause and wait, straddling two cycle lanes to check the route is clear to turn and get out. CDT and their design team have called the new West Crosscaseway a "shared space" but this is shorthand for poor design, whereby it is impossible to make two way vehicle traffic compliant with two-way cycle flow. West Crosscauseway is an ancient thoroughfare and was cobbled to ease the passage of wheels in days gone by. There are no front gardens to protect the doors of the dwellings. Owing to the narrowing of the street cars and vans often park up on the pavements and making this a "shared space" will degrade the safety of pedestrians, making it easier for cars to infringe on narrow pavement areas right up to the doors of the dwellings. Hidden within Traffic Order TRO/16/44 is the intention to make Chapel Street more narrow and eliminate the north and south cycle lanes. The two bus stops will also be taken away with no plans yet available for their relocation. Taking out the Chapel Street cycle lanes is dangerous, forcing cyclists to merge into the path of vehicles and three bus routes. It goes against the notion of a Quality Bike Corridor from Kings Buildings to George Square. If you wish to comment on any of the intentions within Traffic Order TRO/16/44 and RSO/16/12 then email your comments to [email protected]
