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Granville Gyratory Phase 3 – Traffic Proposals
This proposal concerns further improvements to the traffic system in the Granville Square, St. Mary’s Road, Queens Road, Matilda Street and Furnival Street areas.
Some significant traffic management changes in this area were implemented early in 2004. The Phase 3 proposals require the acquisition of land that is not owned by the City Council and it was therefore not possible to carry out these land negotiations within the tight timescales of the earlier phases.
These new proposals - Phase 3 - seek to improve traffic flow, reduce congestion and further improve pedestrian and cycle facilities in the area. Our traffic model predicts that these proposals would reduce journey times through this area by up to 33% at peak times.
The scheme is estimated to cost £2.8 million and construction should start in September 2006 subject to the acquisition of required land. Construction should last 12 to 18 months.
The Phase 3 proposals are outlined below. Use these links to jump to the sections you are interested details.
The proposals are also shown schematically on the Granville Gyratory Consultation Plans, which can be viewed or downloaded at the bottom of this page.
- Widening a section of the junction between Queens Road and St Mary’s Road to three lanes to improve traffic flow. This should help reduce the queues on Granville Road and Queens Road at peak times.
- All the crossings of the junction will be made into signal controlled ‘Toucan’ crossings to allow their use by both pedestrians and cycles.
- Farm Road will be re-designed to be accessed from Queens Road. This will remove the conflicts that occur here regularly on exit from Granville Square and make it easier for pedestrians to cross.
- The out-of-city bus stop on Queens Road will be re-located into a layby such that it will be closer to Castle College and stationary buses will not block other traffic at the junction.
- The cycle lane on Suffolk Road will be continued into Queens Road.
- The road will be widened to four lanes between Granville Square and Leadmill Road. This will provide two ahead lanes on the ring road and will remove the jostling between vehicles that currently takes place outside the Royal Standard public house.
- Traffic emerging from Edmund Road will be forced to turn left. This will prevent the dangerous right\left manoeuvre that some drivers currently take into Matilda Street.
- A red/green man (pelican) crossing will be provided across the bottom of Matilda Street.
- The footway on the west side of St Mary’s Road will be widened to provide an off-road cycle path alongside the footway. This will run from Granville Square to Bramall Lane.
- A new signal controlled cycle/pedestrian (toucan) crossing will be provided to improve access by bike, improve pedestrian safety and to accommodate the number of pedestrians and cyclists crossing here, which is likely to rise as a result of new residential developments in this area.
- The left turn from Sidney Street (Brown Street side) into Matilda Street is to be improved to make it suitable for all vehicles and therefore a more appropriate ‘access loop’ from the Heart of the City.
- Better crossing facilities will be provided for pedestrians.
- The right turn from Sidney Street (Sylvester Street side) will be prevented. This has been done to reduce conflicts, by reducing crossing distances and turning manoeuvres. This route was only created in the last phase of this scheme - when Matilda Street was made two-way down to Shoreham Street and the right turn was introduced at the Eyre Street/Jessop Street junction.
- The existing pelican crossing will be removed and will be replaced by a zebra crossing close to the junction with Arundel Street. It has been observed that the current crossing is not well used and that there are many pedestrians having difficulty crossing at Arundel Street. This was also a request made in consultation on phases 1 and 2.
Downloads
Plan 1 of 2, showing the proposals for Granville Gyratory. Granville Square to St Mary’s Road (602 KB)
Plan 2 of 2, showing the proposals for Granville Gyratory. Shoreham St to Bramall Lane; Matilda St area; Furnival St area. (246 KB)
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