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)
