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London Road

Southampton

Further information

Year completed

2008

Cost

£1.3 million

Project team

  • Designer: Simon Taylor, City Projects, Southampton City Council
  • Project Manager: Phil Marshall, Southampton City Council
  • Project Engineer: Graham Redman Southampton City Council
  • Site Engineer: Nigel Best Southampton City Council
  • Principal Contractor: A Machola Ltd
  • Public Artist: Christopher Tipping
  • Street Lighting: Halcrow Group Ltd
  • Legible City Design: City ID

Traffic volume

  • 2005 Pre-scheme: 24-hour weekday flow = 12,716 vehicles (am peak hour 764; pm peak hour 950)
  • 2010 Post scheme 24-hour weekday flow = 7,260 vehicles (am peak hour 432; pm peak hour 559)
  • Post-scheme counts: pedestrians 5,500/day; cyclists 400/day

Traffic speeds

  • Post-scheme mean speed 18 mph (85th percentile 23 mph)

Road safety

  • 2003-2006 inclusive (48 months): 31 collisions (28 slight; 3 serious)
  • Jan-Dec 2009 (10 months): 3 collisions (all slight)