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‘Think big & make Bristol real Green Capital’
Creating a new plaza on Prince Street and burying sections of the M32 are just two of the bold ideas that a Bristol campaign group think could make a real difference during the city’s year as European Green Capital.
The Living Heart for Bristol has called for Bristol to “think bigger to make the city a real Green Capital”, leaving the city transformed for the better at the end of this year.
The six ideas are:
is needed now More than ever
- Pedestrianise* the eastern side ofThe Centre (scrap the new road planned to cut across it)
- Pedestrianise* the western end of Baldwin Street
- Pedestrianise* the Old City, starting with Corn Street and Fairfax Street
- Make Prince Street Bridge for pedestrians and cyclists only and create a new plaza on Prince Street.
- Join up the unfinished fragments of cycle paths around the central areas (e.g. on Baldwin Street, Nelson Street) to create a coherent network around and across the city centre.
- Start a feasibility study into burying sections of the M32 and the Inner Ring Road.
(* with cycle access – preferably on separate cycle paths)
Living Heart for Bristol spokesman Steve Melia said that there are several good ideas on the list of strategic projects approved by Bristol 2015.
He said: “We wouldn’t disagree with many of them, but we see nothing that will leave Bristol transformed when 2015 is over.
“The council has other plans, some of which may bring improvements, but nothing to compare with the transformation of Queen Square and College Green 23 years ago.
Where is the imagination in all this? If Bristol wants to be taken seriously as a green capital we need to think bigger.”
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