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Battlefield Street Design Showcase Event: 23 July

What we've been up to

Over the last few months we collected your comments on the initial concept design for the area. The design seeks to create a public realm and improve the infrastructure to provide different modes of transport for people to access local facilities and amenities.

Overall the design proposals are based on 5 objectives which have been shaped by your feedback over the recent months. These objectives are:

Improving the public realm by enhancing the pavements and adding more greenery;

Prioritising people over vehicles to make it easier for people on foot, bike or wheels to travel through the area and safely cross roads;

Reducing traffic speed and volume to make it a place where people what to spend time in safely; and

Improve connectivity from Battlefield to other parts of the city by improving bus services and connecting existing cycle paths.

Throughout this consultation period we engaged with 2,800 people through events, meetings and our project website. 2,195 people visited the website and we received 876 completed surveys and comments. This feedback following the last nine months of engagement has helped refine the concept design which will be showcased at our upcoming public event on the 23rd July.

Design Showcase: Tuesday 23 July 2019

On Tuesday 23 July, at Langside Parish Church, the public are invited to have the opportunity to:

Drop-in anytime between 4pm and 7pm to view the updated concept design for the following areas; Battlefield Road, Mount Florida corner, Battlefield Rest junction, Grange Road and Langside Road.

Find out about activities in the area from Give a Dog a Bone, Urban Croft South Seeds, Battlefield Community Project, Langside Heritage Group and many more;

Come and say hello to us outside Coffeescene between 3pm and 6pm where we’ll have a summary of the designs and some Sustrans freebies to give away

Refreshments will be available throughout and all are welcome.

The updated concept design will also be available from the 23 July through the project website: https://battlefieldproposals.commonplace.is/

Invitation to Focus group

We are looking for people who would like to contribute to a group discussion about the community consultation process part of this project. It will be in the form of an informal group discussion and last about an hour. The exact date is still to be confirmed and it will be held locally in Battlefield. This opportunity is to help us evaluate how you feel the community has been engaged, what has worked well and what can be improved for future Street Design projects.

If you are interested in being involved please email emily.gait@sustrans.org.uk by Monday 8th July and state your availability between 31st July and 6th August.

Posted on 3rd July 2019

by Emily Gait