Traffic calming humps for key city road

A plan to make a major city route more cycle and pedestrian-friendly includes introducing speed bumps to slow traffic.

Herefordshire Council will install seven new "raised tables" at pedestrian crossings and road junctions along Holme Lacy Road in Hereford.

The route links the A49 Ross Road to the Rotherwas enterprise zone in the southeast of the city.

The flat-topped humps will also be introduced on adjoining Oak Crescent, Hinton Avenue, Hinton Road, Putson Avenue, St Vincent's Close and Goodwin Way.

The measure would "improve road safety and amenity for all road users and make it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to navigate Holme Lacy Road and the surrounding area", Herefordshire Council said.

It is also hoped to reduce fatal or serious injuries, an aim of the authority's newly adopted Local Transport Plan.

The council wants to "encourage active travel in Hereford as the natural choice for journeys less than two kilometres in distance".

The cost of the proposals is estimated to be about £400,000, including a consultation last summer.

The money comes from a £20m government Levelling Up Fund for transport improvements.

The council also plans to put in a segregated cycle track and shared-use footpath and cycleway on Holme Lacy Road.

It earlier announced plans to bring in double yellow lines at key stretches along the route.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.

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