Cycling and walking safety on PKC agenda
Funding for raft of projects
Councillors have been asked to approve moves to boost cycling and pedestrian safety.
Tomorrow’s first meeting of Perth and Kinross Council’s combined committee for environment, enterprise and infrastructure, members will note the schemes earmarked this year for Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets grant funding and a raft of new projects planned happen in the next financial year.
Scottish ministers offered Perth and Kinross Council a capital grant of £164,000 in 2016/17 for undertaking a programme of works for improving the experience of cyclists and pedestrians.
And this Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets (CWSS) project funding from Holyrood goes up to £205,000 for use in 2017/18.
In 2016/17 a number of traffic-calming schemes went ahead including over £4,000 spent in Blairgowrie, bringing in a flat-topped ramp across the junction of Perth Street and Reform Street to reduce traffic speeds and encourage vehicles to observe the zebra crossing.
Airlie Street in Alyth had work at Mart Street junction to improve visibility from Main Street and to slow cars.
Speed cushions went in at George Street/Union Street in Coupar Angus at the approach to the zebra crossing at The Cross.
In Perth £22,600 was spent on an alternative access to North Inch Campus car park to relieve congestion at Gowan’s Terrace/The Rookery junction.
Bridge of Earn got a buildout opposite Manse Road junction to facilitate the school crossing patroller and a Belisha beacon on east side of
South Street was relocated in Milnathort’s South Street to help make access to the primary school safer.
Tomorrow members will consider schemes for the coming year, including signing for a proposed Green Route going Bridge of Earn to Glenfarg to Milnathort.
A big slab of funding is proposed for Kintillo, Bridge of Earn, where £60,000 would be put to give a shared use path, dropped kerbs and warning signs to improve pedestrian safety.
A similar scheme is envisaged for the B996/C416 junction at Glenfarg.
In Longforgan £16,000 from CWSS and a matching amount from Sustrans is suggested to build a shared use path in Mary Findlay Drive east to Main Street. Cycling in the centre of Perth