Work on new crossing near school set to start

Work on the Woolston and Itchen Active Travel Zone gathers pace as new phase begins (Image: Southampton City Council)

WORK on the Woolston and Itchen Active Travel^[1] Zone has gathered pace with a new crossing set to be installed.

Southampton City Council^[2] and its highways partner Balfour Beatty Living Places, are starting a new phase of works for the Woolston and Itchen Active Travel Zone (ATZ) at the junction of Radstock Road and Manor Road South on Monday, June 19.

Active Travel Zones are neighbourhoods that encourage active travel through a range of measures which calm traffic and improve the environment for people walking, wheeling, or cycling.

This can help to address concerns with air quality, speed of traffic and safety, the council said.

At Radstock Road in Woolston, this will be in the form of a new parallel pedestrian and cycle crossing which will provide safer routes to the nearby St Patrick’s Catholic Primary and Ludlow Infant and Junior Schools and will be raised to help slow speeds and reinforce the 20mph speed limit.

In addition, the pavement on the east side will be widened with new seating and greening provided, and the footpath to Ludlow Road will be widened and resurfaced to create a dedicated shared pedestrian and cycle path that links this section of the SCN2 cycleway between the Itchen Bridge and Ludlow Road.

In a statement, Councillor Eamonn Keogh, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: “I would like to thank residents in Woolston and Itchen for their feedback and contributions to making the Active Travel Zone happen.