Connectivity

You said that it was important to get around easily without requiring a car. We want to make it easier to walk, cycle and wheel through Western Harbour with new accessible routes, whether you are ambling along the harbour loop on the weekend, commuting to work, skating on the pump track or heading out to the green spaces of Ashton Court and Leigh Woods.

Western Harbour is a crucial gateway to the city and we can significantly enhance connectivity and improve public spaces with new active travel routes that link into the city centre and beyond.

For instance, we propose a new footbridge alongside Avon Bridge that connects Ashton Meadows into Spike Island and Hotwells to improve access across the water.

Feedback on connectivity from autumn 2024 engagement:

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How important is it to you that we make the site easier to access and get around without a car?

View below Brunel Way looking towards Ashton Meadows - click to enlarge

Existing plan of pedestrian walkways & cycleways - click to enlarge

Proposed plan of pedestrian walkways & cycleways - click to enlarge

Precedent - Eastbank Esplanade, Oregon - click to enlarge

Precedent - Hungerford Footbridge, London - click to enlarge

Precedent - Raised walkway & cycleways, Lucca - click to enlarge

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