Ward: West End
Streets Affected: Coventry Street
Project Type: Streetscape
Project Overview
As part of ongoing improvements to the West End, the City Council have completed Streetscape and Lighting improvements to Coventry Street, Shavers Place, Haymarket and Whitcomb Street.
The improvements included:
- Improving pedestrian priority to Coventry Street by restricting vehicle access to single lane traffic.
- Improve the aesthetic appearance of the streets.
- Reducing footway clutter to improve pedestrian flow by removing excess street furniture.
- Reducing congestion on the north side of Coventry Street by widening the footway on the south side and encouraging pedestrian access through better-located pedestrian crossings.
- Improving aesthetics of Coventry Street by removing tour buses, which are permanently parked along it.
- Installing new wall mounted lights
Status
Works completed
Outline Programme
Completed 2008
Project Documents
Coventry Street - Scheme board.pdf - (249 kb)
STATUS
On Hold
Design Stage
In Consultation
Works on site
Works completed