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Title: Festival Way crossing improves safety for people walking and cycling in Bristol Post by: CyclingSid on May 03, 2021, 10:16:15 New infrastructure for those in the Bristol area
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2021/april/festival-way-crossing-improves-safety-for-people-walking-and-cycling/ (https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2021/april/festival-way-crossing-improves-safety-for-people-walking-and-cycling/) (This sudden burst of activity suggests I must have been slacking in my duties) Title: Re: Festival Way crossing improves safety for people walking and cycling in Bristol Post by: Red Squirrel on May 03, 2021, 15:57:07 That's really good to see. I've crossed there many times with the kids, and it has never felt particularly safe because motorists often emerge from the A370 (from the right in the photos) at excessive speed.
Festival Way is a very good traffic-free route out of Bristol towards Nailsea, and as a bonus runs alongside the Bristol & Exeter for several km near Flax Bourton. I hope to head out that way to the George at Backwell a few times over the summer! Title: Re: Festival Way crossing improves safety for people walking and cycling in Bristol Post by: Bmblbzzz on May 03, 2021, 20:56:58 It also gives you a view of the old Flax Bourton station buildings, which you can even have a nose around (but not in) from the Clevedon Road at the bottom of Belmont Hill. Riding up Belmont Hill left as an optional exercise.
And yes, the crossing looks like an improvement, as it was sometimes a bit dodgy there. Glad to see they've kept it as one-stage without a pig pen. Title: Re: Festival Way crossing improves safety for people walking and cycling in Bristol Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 03, 2021, 22:53:37 It also gives you a view of the old Flax Bourton station buildings, which you can even have a nose around (but not in) from the Clevedon Road at the bottom of Belmont Hill. Erm ... no, you can't, any more. Access to the old station approach there has been gated off for some time now, as it's a private road. ::) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |