The Albert Roundabout Active Travel Improvement Scheme

• The crossings were two-stage crossings, requiring users to wait for a second green light in a central ‘sheep pen’ in the middle of the carriageway which was too small.
  • Two stage crossings are particularly problematic for cyclists as they require sharp turns on the splitter islands.
• Because of this, cyclists were not using the current crossings and instead were cycling around the roundabout on the road.
  • This increased the risk of conflict with motorists, and there is a known collision history at the Albert roundabout which this scheme will help mitigate.
  • This also discouraged less confident cyclists, those with younger children etc

Project aims

To address the issues, we identified four aims for The Albert roundabout scheme:

• Improve journeys across the roundabout for pedestrians and cyclists, promoting active travel by making it safer and more convenient for residents to walk and cycle.
• Deliver future-proofed active travel infrastructure by ensuring the scheme connects to all existing/planned active travel infrastructure in the area.
• Make The Albert roundabout safer by providing improved crossing provision for cyclists, encouraging cyclists to avoid the circulatory carriageway to minimise conflict with motorists and improve the collision history.
• Make The Albert roundabout safer by providing refreshed road markings for motorists.
• Retain the current carriageway capacity and do not increase congestion.

Construction

To achieve our aims, the project included work on the following:

• Widened shared-use pedestrian and cycle paths (at least 3 metres wide in all areas)
• Two new single-stage, widened toucan crossings on the east and west arms of the junction
• Widening/narrowing and realignment of the splitter islands where necessary
• A new refined greenery/planting strategy
• New and refreshed signage
• A lifting of the tree canopy on Cowdray Avenue to prevent branches blocking forward visibility of traffic signals

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