Looking at issues and opportunities in the village's street environment
We are a group of residents who are considering potential transport and place-making improvements in Westbury village. We are aiming to examine the issues and opportunities in the village streetscape, its use for transport and its quality as a place for socialising, walking and shopping. We will look at options for improvement.
We are doing this now (starting April 2021) because the Council will at some future date be revisiting its proposals for Westbury village through the A4018 scheme The Council's transport team will be doing a further round of community engagement taking into account the strong community response to the Council's initial proposals in 2019.
The group's work will initially be confined to street changes in the village only, whilst being informed by the impact from and on the wider area. The work will build on other related initiatives over recent past years.
The group started in April 2021. Initially, the group's focus is on improvements in the village that might be funded by the Council's A4018 scheme. The Council consulted on this in 2019, but they have committed to a second round of community engagement and the group wants to examine the issues and opportunities in readiness for that.
Who are you ?
The group includes local residents with a special interest in the village, many of whom are members of other village organisations.
How can you claim to speak on behalf of the village ?
From the start, the group has aimed to have good links with all the organisations in the village. Such organisations include schools, churches, businesses, Westbury-on-Trym Society and SusWoT. The group cannot claim to be wholly representative of the local community, but it aims to involve others as much as possible. The group is not claiming it knows more than anybody else !
Are any changes to the village streets about to happen ?
No, it will be some months before the Council asks the community for its views, and then any street changes will take place some time after that.
To get your name added to the mailing list, or offer your help, or ask questions, just send an email to westburytransportplacegroup@gmail.com