Statutory consultation gets underway

We have started the formal consultation for the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood pilot scheme, which proposes introducing measures to help achieve a better balance of how streets are used by residents and motorists.

The overall aim of East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood pilot project is to help cut down on air pollution, noise pollution, and road accidents. It is hoped that by creating quieter and safer streets, residents would be encouraged to walk, wheel, or cycle when making local journeys.

The consultation is running from Monday 29 January to Tuesday 20 February 2024.

It is following the statutory consultation process for creating Traffic Regulation Orders (known as TROs). Local highway authorities, including Bristol City Council, are required to carry out this process before making legal changes to the highway.

The process will inform the council’s decision making and invites comments and objections on proposed measures, from modal filters to bus gates.

A public notice to promote the statutory consultation has been published in the Bristol Post and notices have been placed on lampposts throughout the proposed scheme area.

For all the consultation material and to submit your comments or objections, visit www.bristol.gov.uk/ebln-tro.

Printed copies of consultation material is also available at:

• St George Library, Church Road, Bristol BS5 8AL
• Wellspring Settlement, 43 Ducie Road, Barton Hill, Bristol BS5 0AX
• Citizen Service Point, 100 Temple St, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6AG

Please check with each venue for their opening times.

We have contacted our list of stakeholders to ask for their help in highlighting this process to make sure everyone knows the consultation is running and how to give their comments or objections.

We will work to make sure that all Barton House tenants who wish to take part in the statutory consultation have the opportunity to do so. Repair works are underway at Barton House to make it safe for people to return to next month, following the temporary evacuation in November 2023.

This consultation will inform how the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood pilot scheme is taken forward – whether as presented now or modified further. Any measures that we take forward will be monitored, and the community engaged throughout the trial. With feedback and consultation still ongoing, no decisions have been made about the final scheme.

Find out more.