Five Cambridgeshire roads could become one-way streets to ‘reduce conflict’

The potential changes would see five streets becoming one-way to traffic

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Plans that will see five roads modified to become one-way streets are being considered by Peterborough City Council.

The council’s Highways & Transport department released a draft order this week stating six changes are proposed to take place within the Millfield area, close to Lincoln Road. They will see five roads converted to accommodate one-way only traffic.

The five roads are:

• Cambridge Avenue;
• Gladstone Street;
• Windmill Street;
• Silverwood Road;
• Springfield Road.

The roads will be amended to allow only the following directions of travel:

• Cambridge Avenue: in an easterly direction between its junction with Gladstone Street and Summerfield Road;
• Gladstone Street: in a northerly direction between its junction with Windmill Street and Serjeant Street;
• Gladstone Street: in a southerly direction between its junction with Windmill Street and Cambridge Avenue;
• Windmill Street: in a westerly direction between traffic calming island outside No.14 and the junction of Gladstone Street;
• Silverwood Road: in a northerly direction between its junction with Cambridge Avenue and Springfield Road;
• Springfield Road: in a westerly direction between its junction with Silverwood Road and Gladstone Street.

This will prohibit vehicles from entering Windmill Street from Gladstone Street, entering Gladstone Street from Serjeant Street, or entering Springfield Road from Gladstone Street.

A council spokesperson said the aim of the initiative is to improve the overall safe flow of traffic through the area.

They added: “The proposal to introduce a one-way system within Millfield has arisen from discussions between ward councillors and council officers with the aim of reducing conflicting traffic movements at locations that typically result in congestion.”

A consultation period on the proposals will begin on 16 April and run for three weeks. Residents in the area are receiving letters of consultation to ascertain their views. At the end of the consultation period, officers will review the feedback received in conjunction with the ward councillors to determine how best to proceed.

These proposed plans follow on from a £5.8m upgrade along a stretch of nearby Lincoln Road between Windmill Street and Serjeant Street which was completed earlier this year.

One of those improvements saw a northbound one-way system established between Windmill Street and Stone Lane, something many residents and business owners in the area praised.

“We are happy with the finished work and so are many of our customers,” said Cafer Koc, owner of the Cafe Algarve on Lincoln Road. “Business is picking up and the road looks cleaner and nicer than it was previously.”