Residents in Manchester, Cardiff, Sheffield, Hackney and Islington have been selected by Sustrans to take part in a project that will see them improve the areas where they live.
These five schemes are the first of 10 to be chosen for Sustrans' new DIY Streets project, which will help residents re-design their own streets affordably, putting people at their heart, and making them safer, more attractive places to live.
Penn Street in Manchester experiences anti-social parking and speeding traffic, Somerset Street in Cardiff suffers from speeding cars and small motorbikes, while Firshill Road and Passhouses Road in Sheffield are regularly used by traffic avoiding a signal-controlled junction. Clapton Terrace in Hackney is used as short-cut off the A-road, and Islington's long, wide Monsell Road suffers from high speeds.
Each DIY Streets project is expected to cost in total well under £100,000, compared to costs in the region of £1 million for an equivalent sized complete home zone.
DIY Streets takes neighbourhood re-design back to its roots. The home zone idea was conceived over 30 years ago by a group of Dutch residents fed up with the excessive noise, danger and pollution from motor traffic in their street. Sustrans has received a number of nominations for possible DIY Streets, but the remaining five are yet to be selected. To find out more call email
mira.ruskin@sustrans.org.uk
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