News on Connecting Woolston

As you know, we’ve been busy analysing all of your feedback from our recent Woolston and Itchen Active Travel Zone survey and we now wanted to share some of the key headlines that we’ve pulled out from this.

In total, 640 respondents made 2,936 contributions. These comprised of 826 comments and 2,110 agreements. Of those that responded, 72% live in the area they commented on.

Your comments covered everything from signage to cycling. The top five suggestions for Active Travel Zone improvements which received the most agreements were:

• Traffic calming

• Pedestrian crossings

• Parking restrictions

• One-way systems

• 20mph speed limits

You commented on numerous locations across both Woolston and Itchen. The top five locations for Active Travel Zone improvements which received the most agreements were:

• Obelisk Road

• John’s Road

• John Thornycroft Road

• Peartree Avenue

• Weston Grove Road

You also shared lots of feedback with us about issues not directly related to the Active Travel Zone project. We’ve gone through those with the most agreements and pulled out more than 170 comments about a range of issues including resurfacing, street cleaning, vegetation maintenance, encouraging business and more. We’ve shared these with the relevant council departments for them to look into further.

If you have any further comments or questions about the area that you’d like to contact the council about, the following links may be useful:

• Report a road maintenance issue

• Report a street cleaning issue

• Report overhanging vegetation

• Report a tree issue

• Report a flooding issue

The above issues and locations offer just a brief snapshot of the priorities that we have now identified after having analysed your feedback. As previously mentioned, we’ll be running a series of co-design workshops where we’ll be working with you to look in more detail at the most important issues and develop potential solutions to these. We are looking to hold these in January (postponed from the end of this year) and will be in touch at a later date to confirm dates and how to book your place.

In the meantime, keep an eye out for future updates and encourage any of your friends, family and colleagues in the area to subscribe for the latest news here . You can also follow updates by visiting the Active Travel Zone pag e on our website.