Works to Camden Road
You’ll no doubt have seen some of the signage springing up along Camden Road advising of the forthcoming road closure and parking suspensions required to facilitate some planned highways works.
Works are due to commence on 25 July and will be undertaken in a phased manner along the length of Camden Road from its junction with Lansdown Road to all the way across to Perfect View / Frankley Buildings. Dates for parking suspensions may therefore vary depending where along the street you live – so do check the signage. In all, it’s expected to take around four days to complete.
The Council has consulted with Camden Residents’ Association in a constructive manner via senior officers and our two ward Councillors (Davies and Samuel) and we have been able to secure some modest improvements to the original plans. So, in addition to the planned resurfacing and repair works, we hope to see (discussions are not quite complete) some or all of the following too:
- Improved signage for the ‘courtesy crossing’ near the junction with Lansdown Road (to make it clear that it is, in fact, a courtesy crossing, not just a speed bump)
- A number of new safety measures at the Malvern Buildings / Prospect Place pinch-point (to make clear that it is single lane, and who must Give Way)
- One or two more judiciously place bollards (at junctions where cars have been known to cut corners and encroach onto the the walkway)
- Painted markings stating ‘Slow’ to be replaced by ‘20’ roundels (so it is unambiguous).
- Painted chevrons at the end of parking bays (to make them stand out better)
- And a few other bits and bobs
We are grateful to the Council for taking the time to listen to us, and to physically walk the street with us on numerous occasions, in order that we might seize the moment and piggy-back these few modest improvements on their planned programme of ongoing highways maintenance.
There are, of course, myriad further enhancements that we would like to see for Camden Road (and indeed the streets and roads around about it) and we are continuing to discuss these with Council officers and members in the background as we work with them to bring real life to their policy of ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods’.
In the meantime, some good steps in the right direction.
This is great. Thank you all. Am assuming there will be access for residents through. Fantastic add-ons.
Hi Nicky – I spoke to the highways engineer overseeing the works today and the plan is that the road will be closed from 7am (diversions will be signposted) and will re-open by 7pm each day during the 4 day closure period. Parking after 7pm should therefore be possible, so long as cars are gone by 7am. Cheers.
Great to see the various measures. Thanks to all involved.
Thanks, Michael 🙂
Thank you so much for your untiring work to make our community safer and more pleasant! This is a good solid result!
Hi Moira, that’s very kind – thank you. Encouragement always appreciated! 🙂
Can you supply a link to show where the signs etc will be located? I’ve searched on the council website but can’t find it.
Hi Olivia – I haven’t been able to find a nice handy plan either, I’ve had to rely on descriptions from emails. Sorry!
Thank you. I have a driveway. Lucky me. I also have a husband in RUH who is very poorly but due home and needs visiting etcI need to use my car. I’m assuming Gay’s Hill down to London Road and Charlcombe up to Lansdown.
Thanks John — useful additions. I have lost sight of all that is planned but I trust that some sensible speed bumps are part of it.
On a practical point, if the work does run to four days then that impacts recycling on the 28th. I can’t see anything about Camden Rd disruption on the BaNES site — have you any info on that?
Hi Tim – yes, speed bumps are being re-furbished so that they provide a bit more of a deterrent. As for bins, the intention is that the marshals manning the road closure will allow the bin trucks to proceed through and do their normal collections. Cheers!
Thanks for all the trouble that you have taken. Getting my car out of my garage in Prospect Place may be a problem when the work is underway but I will find out the times when that will be impossible from those working there. Where will the Camden Road buses 6&7 run during this period which we use more often than the car?
Thanks, Malcolm. Yes, I expect the on-the-ground team will be able to advise on that one. As for the buses, they will follow diversions, and they normally post notices on the stops 48 hours beforehand to advise of diversion routes. Cheers.
I’m so pleased that our Road is to be cleaned up and taken care of. Sometimes at the moment it seems as though people use the road as a race track! Many thanks.
Is there any chance that the alleyway between Camden Road and Arundel Road could be worked on? The steps are very high and uneven …some. steps much higher than others etc. Difficult for mothers with small children and the elderly.
Thanks, Joy. Thank you for your encouragement. I know that alleyway. It won’t be the sort of work to be undertaken in this initial round of works, but I will add it to my list and see if we can get some action on this in future works. Cheers.