Bristol liveable neighbourhood 'makes roads safer'

Some families have said the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood have made the roads safer for them.

Despite large protests, the final parts of the controversial transport project were recently installed by council workers supported by police.

Bristol City Council has said the trial is aimed at making residential roads in St George, Redfield and Barton Hill safer by reducing the amount of traffic driving through the area.

Local resident, Sam Gunner, said he now feels " a hundred times safer" cycling his children to school.

Mr Gunner added: "The scheme has also enabled us to cycle into town more easily, opening up parts of the city that before would have been very dangerous to get to by bicycle."

Several locals turned up at City Hall to speaj to councillors about their views on the scheme, during a meeting of the transport policy committee on 20 March, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

Many have also written to the authority, with 39 statements out of 62 supporting the scheme compared to 10 opposing it.

One of those against the scheme is Susan Hughes, who said: "This so-called trial has already proven to be a failure and caused immense harm and trauma to thousands of people. Traffic and pollution have massively increased.

"We feel we have had our independence stolen. One resident can no longer access her own home in her disability vehicle. This is disgusting and completely unacceptable in every way. "

Another resident, Liz Read, is one of those in favour.

"I look after my three-year-old grandson and we're now able to go for walks pretty safely along Beaufort Road and go to the park without having to put him in a buggy in case he runs into the traffic," she said.

"I've also seen other little children out and they're just living their best life. This is what this should be about, and I would like to thank the council for doing that."

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