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Public Realm Consultation: on Your Street, Your Say

Public Realm Consultation: Your streets, Your say:  

 

Short presentation on the Streetscape Design Manual followed by an interactive discussion about cycle ways, footpaths, seating and shared surfaces.

 

Minutes:

David Farnham, Public Realm Design Quality Manager, presented the consultation and conducted a quick poll of attendees about the options included in his presentation.

 

These were as follows:

 

Issue 1: Footway materials in Dulwich

 

1. Asphalt (blacktop)

4

2. Gravel dressed asphalt 

2

3. Self-binding gravel 

1

4. Concrete slab paving 

20+

 

 

Issue 2: Level surfaces and shared surfaces

 

Q2a Crossings

a. pedestrians 'cross where they like' 

0

b. easy crossings, but not everywhere

18

c. restricted crossing points 

6

 

Q2b Curbs

a. raised curbs   

17

b. no difference in level 

4

 

Q2c Appearance of surfaces

a. different 

17

b. the same 

1

 

Q2d Possible mixed use of streets

a. pedestrians at the edge of street

14

b. mixed use of street 

0

 

Issue 3: Cycle tracks on footways and footpaths

 

Q3a Cycling on footways

a. cyclists on the road only   

2

b. cyclists generally on road,

  on footways at dangerous points 

 

15

c. general dual use of footways 

2

 

Q3b Cycle tracks

a. adjacent use 

15

b. shared use   

2

 

Issue 4: Providing more seating in streets and other public places

 

a. regular intervals 

5

b. seating only where appropriate 

9

c. only minimal seating 

1

 

 

The chair asked how viable all these options were given the council’s tight financial situation.

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