Ashgrove Road and Laurelwood Avenue (Stage 2)

The Ashgrove Road and Laurelwood Avenue area incorporates the space from Berryden Road to Westburn Drive. We have particularly focussed in this section on the areas to the east of May Baird Avenue. 

In developing design ideas, we have considered:

• Opportunities: what can be done to deliver community priorities; and
• Constraints: factors that place a limit on what can be done

The opportunities and constraints for Ashgrove Road and Laurelwood Avenue are available to view and download here or at the bottom of this page. 

Existing environment

The primary functions of Ashgrove Road and Laurelwood Avenue are residential streets, connections to and from other parts of the area, and in the case of Ashgrove Road access to businesses. In the future we have assumed that the committed Berryden Corridor Improvement project is in place.

You told us that speed and volume of traffic is too high and walking and cycling in the area is difficult, particularly at junctions. There is an opportunity to consider changing traffic circulation and to adapt street layouts and junctions, within the context of the Berryden Corridor. By making such changes, there are different trade-offs to be made for the use of space, which we introduce here and develop within three design Ideas. 

Existing Ashgrove Road street width (looking east between May Baird Avenue and Laurelwood Avenue)

Existing Ashgrove Road street width (looking east between Laurelwood Avenue and Berryden Road)

Existing Laurelwood Avenue street width (looking north)

More detail on the existing environment on Ashgrove Road West is available to view and download here or at the bottom of this page.  

View the Ashgrove Road and Laurelwood Avenue Design Ideas

The next three pages present the three design ideas for the Ashgrove Road and Laurelwood Avenue area:

• Idea A (one-way)
• Idea B (false one-way)
• Idea C (quiet street)

The final page asks you to feedback on the overall design ideas for these streets. 

Click next to view and feedback on Idea A. 

You can view and download the key features with definitions here or at the bottom of this page.  

Idea A reduces the traffic carriageway space to 3.6metres for one-way traffic (on Ashgrove Road from Berryden Road to Laurelwood Avenue and on Laurelwood Avenue itself), and to 5.6m two-way on Ashgrove Road, west of Laurelwood Avenue.

More detail on the estimated traffic flow and parking bay locations is available to view and download at the bottom of this page. 

This design Idea creates space for more trees and greenspace, a protected cycle lane, maintained footway widths and more crossings to allow all ages and abilities to get around. All driveways and businesses remain accessible.

Idea A

Street width

Idea A: Ashgrove Road street width (looking east between May Baird Avenue and Laurelwood Avenue)

Idea A: Ashgrove Road street width (looking east between Laurelwood Avenue and Berryden Road)

Idea A: Laurelwood Avenue street width (looking north)

Tell us what you think

Please feedback on Idea A below then click next to view and feedback on Idea B. 

A false one-way is a type of street that allows through traffic to flow one-way but residential access is permitted in both directions. An example is shown below. You can view and download the other key features with definitions here or at the bottom of this page.  

Example of a false one-way

Idea B allows two-way traffic to remain on all the streets. However on Laurelwood Avenue, traffic would be prevented from turning into Ashgrove Road. This is called a ‘false one-way street’ and means
that only residential access is permitted northbound on Laurelwood Avenue.

In this scenario, the traffic movement space on all streets can be reduced to between 5-5.6metres. More detail on the estimated traffic flow and parking bay locations is available to view and download at the bottom of this page.

This design Idea creates space for a protected cycle lane, maintained footway widths and more crossings to allow all ages and abilities to get around. All driveways and businesses remain accessible.

Idea B

Street width

Idea B: Ashgrove Road street width (looking east between May Baird Avenue and Laurelwood Avenue) 

Idea B: Ashgrove Road street width (looking east between Laurelwood Avenue and Berryden Road) 

Idea B: Laurelwood Avenue street width (looking north) 

Tell us what you think

Please feedback on Idea B below then next to view and feedback on Idea C. 

You can view and download the key features with definitions here or at the bottom of this page.  

Idea C may be possible should future analysis indicate that traffic can be reduced still further to below 200 vehicles per hour (100 vehicles in each direction).

In this case, the lessened need for a protected cycle lane on those streets could introduce the opportunity for a Quiet Street design.

Quiet Streets use road narrowing, road surface and creative traffic calming features to give people of all ages confidence that they can cross the street and cycle on it without fear of traffic. We have shown some examples from other places and how the street widths could look below. 

Typical features of this type of street include:

• Gateway features into the street, which can include artwork, trees and false one-way streets;
• Coloured carriageway surfaces to signal to drivers that they don’t have priority;
• Speed cushions in the street to encourage people to cycle in the middle of the traffic lane;
• Central surface materials to discourage drivers from overtaking people cycling and control speed; and
• Defined parking bays.

This situation could allow for the existing number of parking bays to be formalised and the possibility that the existing number of street trees can be retained or increased, because a protected cycle lane would not be required.

Typical street width for Idea C

Idea C may be dependent on broader restrictions on traffic access and it may not be possible. However we would welcome your feedback on this idea to understand if this is something we should explore further as a possibility on Laurelwood Avenue and/or Ashgrove Road (between Laurelwood Avenue and Berryden Road)

Tell us what you think

Please feedback on Idea C below then click next to feedback on the overall design ideas for this area.