Clarendon Street Pedestrianisation

I won't call it a budget way of doing it, I'd rather call it a time and financially efficient way of achieving pedestrianisation.

I like it, hopefully that will encourage a few more retail outlets to move into that street.

Looks half-arsed tbh. Repaving a street isn't THAT big a job in the scheme of things.

markpb wrote: »

Perhaps it's a temporary solution until their finances improve?

If a job's worth doing it's worth doing right It looks pathetic tbh.

I'm sad to hear that the council rejected the plan for the partial pedestrianisation of the area. It badly needs it, and at times it can become pedestrianised de facto due to the huge numbers of people. I know there are several impediments, but really the only thing that's stopping full pedestrianisation is the need for access to some car parks.

With regard to the "half-arsed" scheme on Clarendon St: It's been there for a while now, at least a few weeks. I think it works fairly well, as before it used to be hard to "overtake" somebody. It does look a bit makeshift, and people tend to stick to the footpath still (maybe they're unsure as to whether it's for peds or cyclists, or indeed motorists?), but it does the job. Perhaps I'm wrong (in light of what OssianSmyth says above) but I had heard that the council were planning on doing a trial-run before implementing full pedestrianisation. These planters would certainly allow for that, in the event that it doesn't work out.