I have comments on one of the transport proposals, scheme reference 12. I appreciate that this is a County Council area of responsibility, and for this reason I have copied this to my local County Councillors.
The scheme envisages the banning of the right turn from Smith Street into St Nicholas Church Street. It is not clear what benefit is anticipated from this, although presumably some has been identified.
There are, however, significant disbenefits to a number of people. Anyone from the Myton Road/Banbury Road area (where there is to be a significant increase in residents under the proposals), or from the West side of Warwick, who wishes to take a disabled person to St Nicholas Church will have a more convoluted and longer (and therefore environmentally unfriendly) journey; as will both hearses and wedding cars from the same area. None of these groups can be expected to use the car park in St Nicholas Park as an alternative.
Equally, it is probable that people from these areas also at time use the short-term parking in Smith Street when visiting the shops there. They may be discouraged from so doing by the more complicated journey home.
That, of course, assumes that people use conventional roads.There is, however, a danger -- given human nature -- that people will make use of two alternative actions:
1. They will turn left into the road in front of the St John's shops, and at the other end turn right into Coventry Road in order to turn right again at the lights. This short road is currently used by some as a slip-road when turning left into Coventry Road; it is congested, and dangerous for pedestrians
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and the right-hand turn into Coventry Road is awkward and can at times lead to hold-ups of traffic.
2. They will proceed along Coten End, but make use of the car park in front of Sainsbury to reverse direction
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crossing the line of westbound traffic, and create greater congestion in that car park.
In the light of this, I would be grateful if this scheme could be looked at again, and if it is to be proceeded with, that the reasons could be made public.