Statutory consultation: East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood

About East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood

The council, in partnership with local communities of Barton Hill, Redfield and St George, has developed proposals to introduce ‘East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood’ (EBLN) to achieve a better balance of how streets are used by residents and motorists.

Traffic management interventions including bus gates, modal filters/point closures and one-ways have been designed to prevent motorised traffic from taking shortcuts through residential streets. The traffic management proposals are designed to allow people to walk, cycle and wheel through the different interventions.

Although motorised traffic would be prevented from travelling through the Liveable Neighbourhood, drivers would still have easy access to all homes and businesses by entering and exiting from main distributor roads. Emergency service vehicles will have exemptions to enable access through the Liveable Neighbourhood. It is expected that lower traffic volumes and exemptions will make it easier and quicker for emergency services to reach their destinations.

The overall aim of East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood is to reduce motorised traffic, and in doing so, reduce air pollution, noise pollution and road accidents. Creating quieter and safer streets where residents may feel more comfortable to walk, cycle or wheel when making local journeys - encouraging more people to leave their car at home.

Alongside measures to prevent through-traffic; no waiting at any time restrictions (double yellow lines) are proposed within East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood to improve pedestrian and motorist sight lines at junctions and at pedestrian crossing points. They are also necessary to prevent obstructive parking to ensure the free flow of traffic particularly for emergency, waste and delivery vehicles.

Decision to build the Liveable Neighbourhood scheme

Statutory consultation on the Liveable Neighbourhood proposals took place between 29 January and 20 February 2024.

The supporting documentation for the consultation is provided on the sidebar to the right of this page.

All responses to the consultation were carefully reviewed and a report was prepared which describes topics of concern received in the consultation, and officer responses to each. On 13 March 2024, the Director: Economy of Place considered the report of objections and comments and, after careful consideration, it has been decided to proceed with making the Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) as advertised.

In making this decision it was considered that the scheme would achieve elements of the wider transport policy aspirations of the City Council’s overall transport strategy, as set out in the Joint Local Transport Plan 2020-2036. 

What happens next?

A public Notice will appear in the Bristol Post before the TROs become operative/enforceable. The Notice will explain where the particulars of the TROs are available for inspection. The trial scheme will be installed later this year following a tender process for the works.